ampelite

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin ampelitis, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek from ἀμπελῖτις (ampelîtis, “of or for vines”), from ἄμπελος (ámpelos, “vine”).

Noun

ampelite (plural ampelites)

1. (mineralogy) An earth abounding in pyrites, used by the ancients to kill insects, etc., on vines.
2. (mineralogy) A carbonaceous alum schist.

Translations

carbonaceous alum schist

• Finnish: ampeliitti
• French: ampélite (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: ampelite f

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “ampelite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• pimelate

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Portuguese

Noun

ampelite f (plural ampelites)

1. (mineralogy) ampelite (carbonaceous alum schist)