Trichite Definition

trĭkīt
noun
A small, dark, needle-shaped crystal.
American Heritage
A hairlike crystallite occurring in volcanic rocks in irregular or radiating groups.
Webster's New World

(mineralogy) A kind of crystallite resembling a bunch of hairs, common in obsidian.

Wiktionary

(zoology) A delicate, hair-like siliceous spicule, found in certain sponges.

Wiktionary
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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Other Word Forms of Trichite

Noun

Singular:
trichite
Plural:
trichites

Origin of Trichite

  • Ancient Greek

    From Wiktionary

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