RHODOCHROSITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rhodochrosite mean? 

• RHODOCHROSITE (noun)
  The noun RHODOCHROSITE has 1 sense:

1. a mineral consisting of manganese carbonate; a source of manganese

  Familiarity information: RHODOCHROSITE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RHODOCHROSITE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mineral consisting of manganese carbonate; a source of manganese

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("rhodochrosite" is a kind of...):

mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)

Meronyms (substance of "rhodochrosite"):

atomic number 25; manganese; Mn (a hard brittle grey polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic; used in making steel; occurs in many minerals)