MANGANITE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A black mineral consisting of basic manganese oxide; a source of manganese

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Nouns denoting substances

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

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

Meronyms (substance of "manganite"):

atomic number 25; manganese; Mn (a hard brittle grey polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic; used in making steel; occurs in many minerals)

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