Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A fibrous or columnar variety of serpentine.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Min.) A fibrous variety of serpentine.

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  • noun mineralogy A fibrous variety of serpentine.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek bitter + -lite: compare French picrolithe.

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