noun ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of several natural hydrous iron oxides; often a mixture of goethite and hematite with clays and manganese oxide. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   a widely occurring iron oxide ore; a mixture of goethite and hematite and lepidocrocite wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

brown iron orebrown yellow huehydrated ferric oxideiron oxide orelimonite tintore

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λειμών (leimṓn) + -ite.