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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a white mineral; a common ore of zinc;
[syn: hemimorphite, calamine]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Calamine \Cal"a*mine\ (k[a^]l"[.a]*m[imac]n or -m[i^]n), n. [F. calamine, LL. calamina, fr. L. Cadmia. See Cadmia.] (min.) A mineral, the hydrous silicate of zinc. [1913 Webster] Note: The name was formerly applied to both the carbonate and silicate of zinc each of which is valuabic as an ore; but it is now usually restricted to the latter, the former being called smithsonite. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

calamine n 1: a white mineral; a common ore of zinc [syn: hemimorphite, calamine]