limonite

Meaning of limonite

noun

an amorphous brownish secondary mineral consisting of a mixture of hydrous ferric oxides, important as an iron ore.

early 19th century: from German Limonit, probably from Greek leimōn ‘meadow’ (suggested by the earlier German name Wiesenerz, literally ‘meadow ore’).

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Hyphenation of limonite

limonite

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 8 chars.
  • limonite is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Words that rhyme with limonite

Nite, nite, Ammanite, Ananite, Antidicomarianite, Anzanite, Balkanite, Bardesanite, Bryanite, Buchanite, Buchmanite, Canaanite, Danite, Dedanite, Ganite, Haldanite, Lamanite, Lihyanite, Macmillanite, Manhattanite, Michiganite, Midianite, Newmanite, Ranite, Reaganite, Rellyanite, Romanite, Tanite, Temanite, Zervanite, albanite, alboranite, allanite, antidicomarianite, aphanite, arcanite, astrakanite, auganite, balanite, barytostrontianite, basanite, bassanite, berzelianite, beudanite, borolanite, braccianite, brazilianite, canaanite, ceylanite, chalcophanite

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