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saponite en · NOUN

Etymology

Coined by Swedish chemist and mineralogist Lars Fredrik Svanberg in 1840, from Latin sāpō (“soap”) + -ite.

Meanings

(countable, uncountable) A trioctahedral smectite mineral.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
saponites	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

bowlingite · sobotkite · griffithite

Synonyms

piotine · soapstone

Translations (2)

de Seifenstein (Translations) · de Saponit (Translations)