VANADINITE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A mineral consisting of chloride and vanadate of lead; a source of vanadium

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Nouns denoting substances

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

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

Meronyms (substance of "vanadinite"):

atomic number 23; V; vanadium (a soft silvery white toxic metallic element used in steel alloys; it occurs in several complex minerals including carnotite and vanadinite)

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