fiorite

fiorite

English

Etymology

Fiora +‎ -ite

Noun

fiorite (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) A variety of opal occurring in the cavities of volcanic tufa, in smooth and shining globular and botryoidal masses.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for fiorite in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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Italian

Adjective

fiorite f pl

1. feminine plural of fiorito

Verb

fiorite

1. feminine plural of the past participle of fiorire