PERIDOTITE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A dark coarse-grained igneous rock consisting principally of olivine

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Nouns denoting substances

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

igneous rock (rock formed by the solidification of molten magma)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "peridotite"):

kimberlite (a rare type of peridotite that sometimes contains diamonds; found in South Africa and Siberia)

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