| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| gummite |
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| SYLLABICATION: | gum·mite |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  g m  t |
| NOUN: | An orange-red to grayish yellow mixture of several uranium oxides, silicates, and salts occurring naturally in the oxidation and hydration of uraninite. | | ETYMOLOGY: | German Gummit, from Gummi, gum, from Middle High German, from Medieval Latin, from Latin. See gum1.
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