candite

English

Etymology

From Candy +‎ -ite, from an old name for Kandy, Sri Lanka, where it was found.

Noun

candite (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) A dark variety of spinel.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “candite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Italian

Adjective

candite

1. feminine plural of candito

Anagrams

• Di Centa, cadenti, decanti