ORIENTAL ALABASTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oriental alabaster mean? 

• ORIENTAL ALABASTER (noun)
  The noun ORIENTAL ALABASTER has 1 sense:

1. a hard compact kind of calcite

  Familiarity information: ORIENTAL ALABASTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORIENTAL ALABASTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A hard compact kind of calcite

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Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

alabaster; Mexican onyx; onyx marble; oriental alabaster

Hypernyms ("oriental alabaster" is a kind of...):

calcite (a common mineral consisting of crystallized calcium carbonate; a major constituent of limestone)