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    PERIDOTITE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A dark coarse-grained igneous rock consisting principally of olivineplay

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    Nouns denoting substances

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

    igneous rock (rock formed by the solidification of molten magma)

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

    kimberlite (a rare type of peridotite that sometimes contains diamonds; found in South Africa and Siberia)

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