English Explanatory Dictionary

delvauxite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A yellow or brown amorphous mineral, sometimes forming a botryoidal mass or stalactites.

Word forms

delvauxite delvauxites

Etymology

Borrowed from French delvauxite, from J S P J Delvaux de Feuffe (1782-1863), Belgian chemist, + -ite.

Synonyms

borickite
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on D Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary