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Calamine

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cal=a=mine

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Calamine has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

Calaminen. [F. calamine, LL. calamina, fr. L. Cadmia. See Cadmia.].
     A mineral, the hydrous silicate of zinc.  [1913 Webster]
    " The name was formerly applied to both the carbonate and silicate of zinc each of which is valuabic as an ore; but it is now usually restricted to the latter, the former being called smithsonite."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Calamine, n.
1 a pink powder consisting of zinc carbonate and ferric oxide used as a lotion or ointment.
2 a zinc mineral usu. zinc carbonate.

Etymology
ME f. F f. med.L calamina alt. f. L cadmia: see CADMIUM
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