PERICLASE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

magnesia; magnesium oxide; periclase

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Nouns denoting substances

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

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

Meronyms (substance of "periclase"):

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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