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trichite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tri-chite
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of crystallite resembling a bunch of hairs, common in obsidian.

noun

A delicate, hair-like siliceous spicule, found in certain sponges.

noun

A needle-shaped crystal of amylose in starch grains.

Etymology

From tricho- + -ite.

Inflected Forms

trichites (plural)

Derived Forms

trichitic

Questions

What does trichite mean?
A kind of crystallite resembling a bunch of hairs, common in obsidian.
Where does trichite come from?
From tricho- + -ite.

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