Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A variety of anhydrite occurring in contorted plates, so named from bearing some resemblance to the convolutions of the intestines. It has been found in Poland.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A variety of anhydrite composed of contorted plates fancied to resemble pieces of tripe.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy A variety of
anhydrite composed of contortedplates , supposed to resemble pieces oftripe .
Etymologies
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tripe + stone
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