Tripolitan

Variant of tripoli

tripoli definition

tripo·li (trip′ə lē′)

noun

a usually light-colored, very finely divided, essentially siliceous material consisting either of weathered chert or siliceous limestone: used as a polishing powder

Etymology: Fr, after Tripoli, town in Lebanon (or ? Libya), from which it was orig. imported

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