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Meerschaum

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Noun

1. meerschaum, sepiolite

a white clayey mineral

2. meerschaum

a pipe having a bowl made of meerschaum

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Meerschaum

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noun
1. Also called: sepiolite
a white, yellowish, or pink compact earthy mineral consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate: used to make tobacco pipes and as a building stone. Formula: Mg2Si3O6(OH)4
2. 
a tobacco pipe having a bowl made of this mineral

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Meerschaum

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noun
1. 
a soft, claylike, orthorhombic mineral, Mg4(Si2O5)3(OH)2·6H2O, used to make tobacco pipes and other heat-resistant items; hydrous magnesium silicate; sepiolite
2. 
a pipe with a bowl made of this

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Meerschaum

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n.
1. A fine, compact, usually white claylike mineral of hydrous magnesium silicate, H4Mg2Si3O10, found in the Mediterranean area and used in fashioning tobacco pipes and as a building stone. Also called sepiolite.
2. A tobacco pipe with a bowl made of this mineral.

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