Definition for SKOR'O-DITE

SKOR'O-DITE, n. [Gr. σκοροδων, garlic; from its smell under the blowpipe.]

A mineral of a greenish color of different shades, or brown and nearly black, resembling the martial arseniate of copper. It occurs massive, but generally crystalized in rectangular prisms. Ure. Phillips.

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