leucite

Meaning of leucite

noun
  1. A mineral of silica-poor igneous, plutonic and volcanic rocks. Chemically, leucite is a potassium feldspar with insufficient silica to satisfy the chemical bonds. Because of the unfilled bonds, leucite weathers rapidly and can only be seen as inclusions in freshly broken rock.
  2. A leucoplast.

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Hyphenation of leucite

leucite

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  • leucite is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Words that rhyme with leucite

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