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se⋅pi⋅o⋅lite

  [see-pee-uh-lahyt]
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–noun Mineralogy.
meerschaum (def. 1).
Origin:
1850–55; < G Sepiolit < Gk spio(n) cuttlebone, pounce (deriv. of sēpía sepia ) + G -lit -lite
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meer·schaum   (mîr'shəm, -shôm')   
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.


[German : Meer, sea (from Middle High German mer, from Old High German mari; see mori- in Indo-European roots) + Schaum, foam (from Middle High German schūm, from Old High German scūm; see (s)keu- in Indo-European roots).]
se·pi·o·lite   (sē'pē-ə-līt')   
n.  See meerschaum.

[Greek sēpion, cuttlebone (from sēpiā, cuttlefish; see sepia) + -lite.]
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