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lignitic
Variant of lignite
noun
a usually soft, brownish-black coal in which the texture of the original wood can often still be seen: in the process of coalification it represents the intermediate stage in density and amount of carbon between peat and bituminous coal
Related Forms:
- lignitic adjective
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