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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a mineral consisting of lead chloride and phosphate; a minor source of lead;
[syn: pyromorphite, green lead ore]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pyromorphite \Pyr`o*mor"phite\, n. [G. pyromorphit, from Gr. ? fire + morfh` form.] (Min.) Native lead phosphate with lead chloride, occurring in bright green and brown hexagonal crystals and also massive; -- so called because a fused globule crystallizes in cooling. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pyromorphite n 1: a mineral consisting of lead chloride and phosphate; a minor source of lead [syn: pyromorphite, green lead ore]