DACITE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A grey volcanic rock containing plagioclase and quartz and other crystalline minerals

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("dacite" is a kind of...):

volcanic rock (extrusive igneous rock solidified near or on the surface of the Earth)

Meronyms (substance of "dacite"):

oligoclase; plagioclase (any of a series of triclinic feldspars that form rocks)

Derivation:

dacitic (relating to or consisting of dacite)

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