PYROXENE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pyroxene mean? 

• PYROXENE (noun)
  The noun PYROXENE has 1 sense:

1. any of a group of crystalline silicate mineral common in igneous and metamorphic rocks

  Familiarity information: PYROXENE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PYROXENE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of a group of crystalline silicate mineral common in igneous and metamorphic rocks

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Nouns denoting substances

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

mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)

Holonyms ("pyroxene" is a substance of...):

nephelinite (an igneous rock consisting of nepheline and pyroxene)

basalt (the commonest type of solidified lava; a dense dark grey fine-grained igneous rock that is composed chiefly of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene)