单词 | sylvite |
释义 | Word Frequency sylvite(ˈsɪlvaɪt) or sylvine (ˈsɪlviːn) noun a soluble colourless, white, or coloured mineral consisting of potassium chloride in cubic crystalline form with sodium impurities: it occurs chiefly in sedimentary beds and is an important ore of potassium. Formula: KCl Word origin C19: sylvite, alteration of sylvine, from New Latin sal digestiva Sylvii digestive salt of Sylvius, after Franciscus Sylvius (died 1672), German anatomist. See -ite1, -ine2 |
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