Hypertext Webster Gateway: "calamine"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Calamine \Cal"a*mine\ (k[a^]l"[.a]*m[imac]n or -m[i^]n), n. [F.
calamine, LL. calamina, fr. L. Cadmia. See {Cadmia}.] (min.)
A mineral, the hydrous silicate of zinc.
Note: The name was formerly applied to both the carbonate and
silicate of zinc each of which is valuabic as an ore;
but it is now usually restricted to the latter, the
former being called smithsonite.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
calamine
n : a white mineral; a common ore of zinc [syn: {hemimorphite}]
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