rhyolite

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Noun
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rhy=o=lite

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun rhyolite has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

rhyoliten. [Gr. "rei^n to flow + -lite.].
     A quartzose trachyte, an igneous rock often showing a fluidal structure.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

rhyolite, n. a fine-grained volcanic rock of granitic composition.

Etymology
G Rhyolit f. Gk rhuax lava-stream + lithos stone

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