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KYANITE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does kyanite mean?
• KYANITE (noun)
The noun KYANITE has 1 sense:
1. a grey or greenish-blue mineral consisting of aluminum silicate in crystalline form; occurs in metaphoric rock, used as a refractory
Familiarity information: KYANITE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A grey or greenish-blue mineral consisting of aluminum silicate in crystalline form; occurs in metaphoric rock, used as a refractory
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
cyanite; kyanite
Hypernyms ("kyanite" is a kind of...):
mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)
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