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- Latin · derived fromscapus
- English todayscapolite
Ancient Greek a staff, or Latin scapus a stem, stalk + -lite.
Words from the same roots
Latinscapus all →
scapescapus
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
scapolite
Today it means: Any of several mixed sodium and calcium aluminosilicates which also contain chloride, carbonate and sulfate and are found in metamorphic rocks Full definition →
Latin scapus