CHONDRITE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A rock of meteoric origin containing chondrules

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("chondrite" is a kind of...):

rock; stone (a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter)

Meronyms (parts of "chondrite"):

chondrule (small granule (of e.g. chrysolite) found in some meteoric rocks)

Derivation:

chondritic (having a granular structure like that of chondrites)

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