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pleonaste


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pleonaste  \Ple"o*naste\,  n.  [Gr.?  abundant,  rich;  cf  F. 
  pl['e]onaste.]  (Min.) 
  A  black  variety  of  spinel. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ceylanite  \Cey"lan*ite\,  n.  [F.,  fr  Ceylan  Ceylon.]  (Min.) 
  A  dingy  blue,  or  grayish  black,  variety  of  spinel.  It  is  also 
  called  {pleonaste}.  [Written  also  {ceylonite}.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pleonaste 
  n  :  a  dark-colored  spinel  containing  iron  [syn:  {Ceylonite}] 




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