| Webster's Online Dictionary |
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| Noun | 1. Any one of several dark-colored augitic, eruptive rocks allied to basalt.[Websters]. | |
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Date "Melaphyre" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1833. (references) |
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Etymology:Melaphyre \Mel"a*phyre\, noun. [French expression, from the Greek expression me`las, -anos, black porphyre porphyry.]. (references) |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. Any one of several dark-colored augitic, eruptive rocks allied to basalt.[Websters]. | |
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Date "MELAPHYRE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1833. (references) |
| Etymology:Melaphyre \Mel"a*phyre\, noun. [French expression, from the Greek expression me`las, -anos, black porphyre porphyry.]. (references) |
