WordUnscrambler Home
pinite
Definitions
[], (Noun)
Definitions:
- A grey-green or brownish mica formed as a pseudomorph by the alteration of other minerals such as spodumene or cordierite.
Phrases:
Origin
:
early 19th century; earliest use found in Robert Jameson (1774–1854), geologist and natural historian. From the name of the Pini mine, Schneeberg, Saxony, where the mineral was first found + -ite, after German Pinit
[], (Noun)
Definitions:
- A sweet-tasting carbohydrate, C₇ H₁₄ O₆, that is a methyl derivative of inositol occurring in the sap of the sugar pine, Pinus lambertiana.
Phrases:
Origin
:
mid 19th century; earliest use found in American Journal of Science. From French pinite from classical Latin pīnus + French -ite
Click here to see the free dictionary definition for pinite
definition by Oxford Dictionaries