BERYLLOID

Ber"yl*loid, n. Etym: [Beryl + -oid.] (Crystallog.)

Definition: A solid consisting of a double twelve-sided pyramid; -- so called because the planes of this form occur on crystals of beryl.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

8 July 2024

PATH

(noun) a line or route along which something travels or moves; “the hurricane demolished houses in its path”; “the track of an animal”; “the course of the river”


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Coffee Trivia

Hawaii and California are the only two U.S. states that grow coffee plants commercially.

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