Meanings
nounwitherite (countable and uncountable, plural witherites)
plural witherites
- countableuncountablechemistryA yellow-grey mineral form of barium carbonate, BaCO₃
Origin
After the English physician and mineralogist William Withering (1741-1799) in 1790.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan witherita
- witheritamineral
Dutch witheriet
- witherietmineral
Finnish witheriitti
- witheriittimineral
French withérite
- withéritemineral
German witherit
- witheritmineral
Hungarian witherit
- witheritmineral
Italian witherite
- witheritemineral
Polish witeryt
- witerytmineral
Portuguese whiterita
- whiteritamineral
Spanish witherita
- witheritamineral
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Chicago
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