Kyanite

3 definitions found

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

  Kyanite \Ky"a*nite\, n.
     See {Cyanite}.
     [1913 Webster]

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



  Cyanite \Cy"a*nite\ (-n?t), n. [See {Cyanic}.] (Min.)
     A mineral occuring in thin-bladed crystals and crystalline
     aggregates, of a sky-blue color. It is a silicate of
     aluminium. [Written also {kyanite}.]
     [1913 Webster] cyanobacterium

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  kyanite
       n : a gray or greenish-blue mineral consisting of aluminum
           silicate in crystalline form; occurs in metaphoric rock,
           used as a refractory [syn: {cyanite}]