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lig⋅nite

  [lig-nahyt]
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–noun
a soft coal, usually dark brown, often having a distinct woodlike texture, and intermediate in density and carbon content between peat and bituminous coal.
Origin:
1800–10; lign- + -ite 1

Related forms:
lig⋅nit⋅ic  [lig-nit-ik] , adjective
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lig·nite   (lĭg'nīt')   
n.  A soft, brownish-black coal in which the alteration of vegetable matter has proceeded further than in peat but not as far as in bituminous coal. Also called brown coal.
lig·nit'ic (-nĭt'ĭk) adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

lignite 
"imperfectly formed coal," 1808, from Fr., from L. lignum "wood." Brown coal that still shows traces of the wood it once was. Probably directly from Lithanthrax Lignius, name given to woody coal by Wallerius, 1775.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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