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melinite

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mel⋅i⋅nite

[mel-uh-nahyt]
–noun Chemistry.
a high explosive containing picric acid.

Origin:
1885–90; < F mélinite < Gk mlin(os) made of apples (deriv. of mêlon apple) + F -ite -ite 1
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