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melaphyre

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mela-phyre
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Various dark-coloured volcanic igneous rocks rich in augite, similar to and in some definitions including basalt, principally of Paleozoic age

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Etymology

French, from Ancient Greek, meaning "black porphyry".

Usage

Inflected Forms

melaphyres (plural)

Questions

What does melaphyre mean?
Various dark-coloured volcanic igneous rocks rich in augite, similar to and in some definitions including basalt, principally of Paleozoic age
Where does melaphyre come from?
French, from Ancient Greek, meaning "black porphyry".

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