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PERIDOTITE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does peridotite mean?
• PERIDOTITE (noun)
The noun PERIDOTITE has 1 sense:
1. a dark coarse-grained igneous rock consisting principally of olivine
Familiarity information: PERIDOTITE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A dark coarse-grained igneous rock consisting principally of olivine
Classified under:
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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