SYLVITE


Meaning of SYLVITE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsil-ˌvīt ]

noun

also syl·vine -ˌvēn

Etymology: alteration of sylvine, from French, from New Latin sal digestivus Sylvii digestive salt of Sylvius, from Sylvius latinized name of Jacques Dubois died 1555 French physician

Date: 1868

: a mineral that is a natural potassium chloride and occurs in colorless cubes or crystalline masses

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