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MALACHITE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A green or blue mineral used as an ore of copper and for making ornamental objects
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("malachite" is a kind of...):
mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)
Meronyms (substance of "malachite"):
atomic number 29; copper; Cu (a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "malachite"):
azurite (blue carbonate of copper; blue malachite)
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