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perlite +‎ -ic

Adjective

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perlitic (comparative more perlitic, superlative most perlitic)

  1. (mineralogy) Relating to or resembling perlite, or pearlstone.
    the perlitic structure of certain rocks

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for perlitic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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