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    MALACHITE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A green or blue mineral used as an ore of copper and for making ornamental objectsplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting substances

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

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

    Meronyms (substance of "malachite"):

    atomic number 29; copper; Cu (a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "malachite"):

    azurite (blue carbonate of copper; blue malachite)

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