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lignite (iou)



lignite noun. E19.
[formed as LIGNIFY + -ITE1.]
Geology. A brown, fossil deposit of late Cretaceous or Tertiary age, having a visibly ligneous structure; brown coal.
lig'nitic adjective pertaining to or of the nature of lignite M19.
ligni'tiferous adjective (of a bed or stratum) producing lignite M19.