Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Diopside; a lime-magnesia variety of pyroxene, of a pale greenish-white color.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A variety of pyroxene.
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- noun mineralogy A variety of
pyroxene .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek μαλακός ("soft") + -lite
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