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Webster 1913 Edition

Diaspore

Di′a-spore

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Noun.
[From Gr. [GREEK] a scattering;
διά
through, asunder + [GREEK] to sow, scatter like seed: cf. F.
diaspore
.]
(Min.)
A hydrate of alumina, often occurring in white lamellar masses with brilliant pearly luster; – so named on account of its decrepitating when heated before the blowpipe.

Webster 1828 Edition

Diaspore

DIASPORE

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Noun.
[Gr., to disperse.] A mineral occurring in lamellar concretions, of a pearly gray color, and infusible. A small fragment, placed in the flame of a candle, almost instantly decrepitates, and is dispersed; whence its name. It is a mineral little known.

Definition 2024

diaspore

diaspore

English

Noun

diaspore ‎(plural diaspores)

  1. A natural hydrate of aluminium, sometimes forming stalactites.
  2. A gemstone consisting of hydrate of aluminium in crystal form.
  3. (botany) seeds and fruit together regarded as a dispersal unit.

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Italian

Noun

diaspore f

  1. plural of diaspora

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek διασπείρειυ ‎(diaspeíreiu, “to scatter”), describing its decrepitaton on heating.

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