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noun
Any of various minerals whose structure is formally that of a dual salt of boric and silicic acids.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, inorganic-chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
a salt of boric and silicic acids
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: salt
History
Etymology tree Middle Persian *bōragbor. Arabic بَوْرَق (bawraq)der. Medieval Latin boraxder. Anglo-Norman boreisbor. Middle English boras English borax English boro- English silicate English borosilicate From boro- + silicate.
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