[ˈkaləmʌɪn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a pink powder consisting of zinc carbonate and ferric oxide, used to make a soothing lotion or ointment
(e.g: calamine lotion)

- smithsonite or a similar zinc ore


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Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin calamina, alteration of Latin cadmia ‘calamine’, from Greek kadmeia (gē) ‘Cadmean (earth)’, from Kadmos ‘Cadmus’ (see Cadmus)