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nounevaporite (countable and uncountable, plural evaporites)
plural evaporites
- countableuncountableThe salty, crusty sediment that remains after salt water evaporates.
Astonished scientists conducted a drilling program, and a decade later confirmed that the layers of salts and other evaporites could mean only one thing: at some point the Mediterranean Sea had dried out.
2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 129
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evaporite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/evaporite
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