kainite

POS

Noun

HYPHEN

kai=nite

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun kainite has 1 sense

kainite(n = noun.substance) - a white mineral consisting of magnesium sulphate and potassium chloride; a source of potassium salts; used as a fertilizer;

is a kind of

mineral

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CIDE DICTIONARY

kainite, n. [Gr. recent.].

A compound salt consisting chiefly of potassium chloride and magnesium sulphate, occurring at the Stassfurt salt mines in Prussian Saxony. [1913 Webster]