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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a reddish-brown mineral containing rare earth metals; an important source of thorium and cerium;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Monazite \Mon"a*zite\ (m[o^]n"[.a]*z[imac]t), n. [From Gr. mona`zein to be solitary, in allusion to its isolated crystals.] (Min.) A mineral occurring usually in small isolated crystals, -- a phosphate of the cerium metals. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

monazite n 1: a reddish-brown mineral containing rare earth metals; an important source of thorium and cerium