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ORTHOCLASE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does orthoclase mean?
• ORTHOCLASE (noun)
The noun ORTHOCLASE has 1 sense:
1. a white or colored monoclinic feldspar
Familiarity information: ORTHOCLASE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A white or colored monoclinic feldspar
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("orthoclase" is a kind of...):
feldspar; felspar (any of a group of hard crystalline minerals that consist of aluminum silicates of potassium or sodium or calcium or barium)
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