bacillite

noun

ba·​cil·​lite

bəˈsiˌlīt

plural -s

: a rodlike crystallite formed by a number of parallel longulites

Word History

Etymology

Latin bacillum + English -ite

First Known Use

circa 1909, in the meaning defined above

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