limonite noun.
['lʌɪmǝnʌɪt] E19.[German Limonit, prob. from Greek leimōn meadow, after the earlier German name Wiesenerz lit. 'meadow-ore': see -ITE1.]Mineralogy. An amorphous secondary material now recognized as a mixture of hydrous ferric oxides and important as an iron ore.
■ limo'nitic adjective containing or resembling limonite
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