mellite
English
Etymology
From Latin mell-, stem of mel (“honey”) + -ite.
Noun
mellite (countable and uncountable, plural mellites)
- (mineralogy) A mineral that is the aluminium salt of mellitic acid; honeystone.
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Mellite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “mellite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.
Anagrams
- Meillet
French
Noun
mellite f (plural mellites)
- (mineralogy) mellite
Further reading
- “mellite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology 1
From miele + -lite.
Noun
mellite f (plural melliti)
- (mineralogy) honeystone, mellite
Adjective
mellite
- feminine plural of mellito
Anagrams
- Metelli
Latin
Adjective
mellīte
- vocative masculine singular of mellītus