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from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the valley of the Natron Lakes (Nitriæ), southwest of the delta of the Nile, at one time a chief seat of the worship of Serapis and afterward celebrated for its Christian monasteries and ascetics.
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- adjective mineralogy Describing
minerals containingnitrogen (especially when this replaces another element)
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