Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fossil or stone in color resembling a frog; toadstone.
- noun A mineral identical with the Vesuvian monticellite (which see), belonging to the chrysolite group.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A pale greenish-grey variety of
montmorillonite .
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Examples
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He then describes the actual stone which passes as the toad-stone, or "_Bufonius lapis_," and says that it is also called batrachite, or brontia, or ombria.
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