bauxite

(bôks′īt′, bō′zīt′)

noun

a soft, claylike sedimentary rock, mainly hydrous aluminum hydroxide, that is the chief ore of aluminum

Origin: Fr, after (Les) Baux, town near Arles, France

See bauxite in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The principal ore of aluminum, composed mainly of hydrous aluminum oxides and aluminum hydroxides.

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Origin: After Les Baux, a commune of southeast France

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