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APLITE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does aplite mean?
• APLITE (noun)
The noun APLITE has 1 sense:
1. light-colored and fine-grained granitic rock consisting chiefly of quartz and feldspars
Familiarity information: APLITE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Light-colored and fine-grained granitic rock consisting chiefly of quartz and feldspars
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("aplite" is a kind of...):
igneous rock (rock formed by the solidification of molten magma)
Derivation:
aplitic (of or related to aplite)
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