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  fulgurate fulgurous  
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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
fulgurite
 
SYLLABICATION:ful·gu·rite
PRONUNCIATION:  flgy-rt, -g-, fl-
NOUN: A slender, usually tubular body of glassy rock produced by lightning striking and then fusing dry sandy soil.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin fulgur, lightning; see fulgurate + –ite1.
 
 
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