amianthus

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Definition of amianthus

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noun

(uncountable, usually)A type of asbestos with long, soft, thin fibers.

“the Microscope can afford us hundreds of Instances of Points many thousand times sharper: such as […] the ends of the stiriæ or small parallelipipeds of Amianthus […]”

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From Ancient Greek ἀμίαντος (amíantos, “undefiled”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + μιαίνω (miaínō, “I defile”).

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