ampelite

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English

Etymology

From Latin ampelitis, from Ancient Greek from ἀμπελῖτις (ampelîtis, “of or for vines”), from ἄμπελος (ámpelos, “vine”).

Noun

ampelite (countable and uncountable, plural ampelites)

  1. (mineralogy) An earth abounding in pyrites, used by the ancients to kill insects, etc., on vines.
  2. (mineralogy) A carbonaceous alum schist.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “ampelite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: am‧pe‧li‧te

Noun

ampelite f (plural ampelites) (European spelling)

  1. (mineralogy) ampelite (carbonaceous alum schist)
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