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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mar•ga•rite (mär′gə rīt′),USA pronunciation n. - Mineralogy
- a gray, pink, or yellow mica, occurring in brittle monoclinic crystals.
- an aggregate of small, rudimentary crystals resembling minute globules in a row: found in glassy volcanic rocks.
- [Obs.]a pearl.
- Iranian (compare Pahlavi marvārīt pearl), with final element conformed to Greek -ītēs -ite1
- Greek margarí̄tēs, perh.
- Latin margarīta
- Middle English, Old English: pearl bef. 1000
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