English Explanatory Dictionary

mother of coal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of fusain (“fossilized charcoal”).

Word forms

mother of coal

Etymology

Apparently named via an instance of the same theme whence also mother of pearl and mother of vinegar: a matrix that produces (or was believed to produce) the end product and also coexists therewith.

Synonyms

fusain
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