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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of a number of varieties of pyroxene that crystallize in the orthorhombic system and contain no calcium and little or no aluminum.
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- noun mineralogy Any
pyroxene that formsorthorhombic crystals
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