calamine
Plural: calamines
Noun
- a white mineral; a common ore of zinc
- Synonym of smithsonite, a pink form of zinc oxide (mainly zinc carbonate ZnCO₃) formed as a byproduct of zinc sublimation, now used in skin lotions.
- Synonym of hemimorphite, an orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing zinc.
Verb
- To coat or treat with calamine.
Origin / Etymology
From French calamine, from Medieval Latin calamīna, from Latin cadmīa, ultimately from Ancient Greek Κᾰδμείᾱ (Kădmeíā), from Κάδμος (Kádmos, “Cadmus”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming related substances”). Doublet of cadmia, calaminaris, and lapis calaminaris.
Synonyms
calaminaris, hemimorphite, lapis calaminaris, smithsonite
Scrabble Score: 12
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