SYLVINE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A mineral consisting of native potassium chloride; an important ore of potassium that is found in sedimentary beds

Synonyms:

sylvine; sylvite

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Nouns denoting substances

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

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

Meronyms (substance of "sylvine"):

atomic number 19; K; potassium (a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite)

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