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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
lignite
 
SYLLABICATION:lig·nite
PRONUNCIATION:  lgnt
NOUN: 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.
OTHER FORMS:lig·nitic (-ntk) —ADJECTIVE
 
 
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