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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a mineral consisting of native potassium chloride; an important ore of potassium that is found in sedimentary beds;
[syn: sylvite, sylvine]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sylvine \Syl"vine\, Sylvite \Syl"vite\, n. [So called from NL.
   sal digestivus sylvii potassium chloride.] (Min.)
   Native potassium chloride.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sylvite
    n 1: a mineral consisting of native potassium chloride; an
         important ore of potassium that is found in sedimentary
         beds [syn: sylvite, sylvine]