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