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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A fibrous variety of serpentine, possibly antigorite. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

antigoriteantigorite

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πικρός (pikrós, “bitter”) + -lite: compare French picrolithe.

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