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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a mineral consisting of native potassium chloride; an important ore of potassium that is found in sedimentary beds;
[syn: sylvite, sylvine]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sylvine \Syl"vine\, Sylvite \Syl"vite\, n. [So called from NL. sal digestivus sylvii potassium chloride.] (Min.) Native potassium chloride. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sylvite n 1: a mineral consisting of native potassium chloride; an important ore of potassium that is found in sedimentary beds [syn: sylvite, sylvine]