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    MAGNESIUM OXIDE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A white solid mineral that occurs naturally as periclase; a source of magnesiumplay

    Synonyms:

    magnesia; magnesium oxide; periclase

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    Nouns denoting substances

    Hypernyms ("magnesium oxide" is a kind of...):

    mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)

    Meronyms (substance of "magnesium oxide"):

    atomic number 12; magnesium; Mg (a light silver-white ductile bivalent metallic element; in pure form it burns with brilliant white flame; occurs naturally only in combination (as in magnesite and dolomite and carnallite and spinel and olivine))

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