Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a white mineral consisting of magnesium sulphate and potassium chloride;
a source of potassium salts;
used as a fertilizer;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Kainite \Kai"nite\, n. [Gr. ? recent.] (Min.)
A compound salt consisting chiefly of potassium chloride and
magnesium sulphate, occurring at the Stassfurt salt mines in
Prussian Saxony.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
kainite
n 1: a white mineral consisting of magnesium sulphate and
potassium chloride; a source of potassium salts; used as a
fertilizer