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Definitions for Sylvite
[1] a common mineral, potassium chloride, KCl, colorless to milky-white or red, occurring in crystals, usually cubes, and masses with cubic cleavage, bitter in taste: the most important source of potassium.
[2] a soluble colourless, white, or coloured mineral consisting of potassium chloride in cubic crystalline form with sodium impurities: it occurs chiefly in sedimentary beds and is an important ore of potassium. Formula: KCl
Words nearby Sylvite
sylvian, sylvian aqueduct, sylvian fissure, sylvic acid, sylviculture, sylvite, sym-, sym., symballophone, symbion, symbionese
Origin of Sylvite
1965–70; < Latin (sal digestīvus ) Sylvi(ī ) digestive salt of Sylvius (see Sylvian fissure) + -ite1; replacing sylvine < French
Word origin for Sylvite
C19: sylvite, alteration of sylvine, from New Latin sal digestiva Sylvii digestive salt of Sylvius, after Franciscus Sylvius (died 1672), German anatomist. See -ite 1 , -ine ²