/mal"euh kuyt'/ , n.
1. a green mineral, basic copper carbonate, Cu 2 CO 3 (OH) 2 , an ore of copper, used for making ornamental articles.
2. a ceramic ware made in imitation of this.
[ 1350-1400; malách ( e ) MALLOW + -ITE 1 ; r. ME melochites melochite, repr. L molochitis molochîtis, deriv. of molóche, var. of MALÁCHE ]