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bauxite definition

baux·ite (bôks′īt′, bō′zīt′)

noun

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

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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