[chlo.rite] n [G Chlorit, fr. L chloritis, a green stone, fr. Gk chloritis, fr. chloros] (1794): any of a group of monoclinic usu. green minerals associated with and resembling the micas -- chlo.rit.ic adj
[2]chlorite n [prob. fr. F, fr. chlor-] (1853): a salt containing the singly charged anion consisting of one chlorine and two oxygen atoms "~ of sodium"