| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| euxenite |
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| SYLLABICATION: | eux·e·nite |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  y k s -n t |
| NOUN: | A lustrous, blackish-brown rare-earth mineral consisting primarily of cerium, erbium, titanium, uranium, and yttrium. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Greek euxenos, kind to strangers (from its unusual composition) : eu-, eu- + xenos, stranger; see ghos-ti- in Appendix I.
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