Calamine

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Calamine \Cal"a*mine\ (k[a^]l"[.a]*m[imac]n or -m[i^]n), n. [F.
     calamine, LL. calamina, fr. L. Cadmia. See {Cadmia}.] (min.)
     A mineral, the hydrous silicate of zinc.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The name was formerly applied to both the carbonate and


           silicate of zinc each of which is valuabic as an ore;
           but it is now usually restricted to the latter, the
           former being called smithsonite.
           [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  calamine
       n : a white mineral; a common ore of zinc [syn: {hemimorphite}]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Calamine, AR
    Zip code(s): 72469