KYANITE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A grey or greenish-blue mineral consisting of aluminum silicate in crystalline form; occurs in metaphoric rock, used as a refractory

Synonyms:

cyanite; kyanite

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Nouns denoting substances

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

mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)

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