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Webster 1913 Edition

Mellite

Mel′lite

,
Noun.
[L.
mel
,
mellis
, honey: cf. F.
mellite
.]
(Min.)
A mineral of a honey color, found in brown coal, and partly the result of vegetable decomposition; honeystone. It is a mellitate of alumina.

Webster 1828 Edition

Mellite

MEL'LITE

,
Noun.
[L.mel.] Honey stone; a mineral of a honey color,found only in very minute regular crystals.

Definition 2024

mellite

mellite

English

Noun

mellite ‎(plural mellites)

  1. (mineralogy) An mineral that is the aluminium salt of mellitic acid; honeystone

Italian

Etymology

miele +‎ -lite

Noun

mellite f ‎(plural melliti)

  1. honeystone, mellite

Adjective

mellite f

  1. Feminine plural form of mellito

Latin

Adjective

mellīte

  1. vocative masculine singular of mellītus

Etymology

From Latin mell-, stem of mel ‎(“honey”) +‎ -ite

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