Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Diopside; a lime-magnesia variety of pyroxene, of a pale greenish-white color.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Min.) A variety of pyroxene.

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  • noun mineralogy A variety of pyroxene.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek μαλακός ("soft") + -lite

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