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amianthus |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Amianthus \Am`i*an"thus\, n. [L. amiantus Gr ? ? (lit., unsoiled stone) a greenish stone, like asbestus; 'a priv. + ? to stain, to defile; so called from its incombustibility.] (Min.) Earth flax, or mountain flax; a soft silky variety of asbestus.
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