flos-ferri

noun

A variety of aragonite occurring in delicate white coralloidal forms, common in beds of iron ore.

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Meanings

nounflos-ferri (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryA variety of aragonite occurring in delicate white coralloidal forms, common in beds of iron ore.

Origin

  1. Latin[Term?]
  2. Englishflos-ferri

Borrowed from Latin [Term?], meaning "flower of iron".

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