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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a mineral resembling graphite that is valued as the chief source of molybdenum and its compounds;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Molybdenite \Mo*lyb"de*nite\, n. [Cf. F. molybd['e]nite. See Molybdena.] (Min.) A mineral occurring in soft, lead-gray, foliated masses or scales, resembling graphite; sulphide of molybdenum. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

molybdenite n 1: a mineral resembling graphite that is valued as the chief source of molybdenum and its compounds