English Explanatory Dictionary

homilite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing boron, calcium, iron, magnesium, oxygen, and silicon.

Word forms

homilite

Etymology

From homi- + -lite, with homi- being an alteration of homo-. From Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós, “same, together”) and λίθος (líthos, “stone”), because of its association with the minerals "erdmannite" and meliphanite.

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