orthochlorite

noun

or·​tho·​chlorite

¦ȯ(r)thə+

: a distinctly crystalline form of chlorite (as clinochlore)

—opposed to leptochlorite

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary orth- + chlorite

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