melinite noun.
['mɛlɪnʌɪt] M19.[from Greek mēlinos (of the colour) of quince, from mēlon quince, apple: see -ITE1. In sense 2 from French mélinite.]1. Mineralogy. A clay resembling yellow ochre.
M19.2. A high explosive based on picric acid; lyddite.
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