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BITTER SPAR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A light colored mineral consisting of calcium magnesium carbonate; a source of magnesium; used as a ceramic and as fertilizer
Synonyms:
bitter spar; dolomite
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("bitter spar" is a kind of...):
mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)
Meronyms (substance of "bitter spar"):
atomic number 12; magnesium; Mg (a light silver-white ductile bivalent metallic element; in pure form it burns with brilliant white flame; occurs naturally only in combination (as in magnesite and dolomite and carnallite and spinel and olivine))