'Calamine' definitions:
Definition of 'calamine'
(from WordNet)
noun
A white mineral; a common ore of zinc [syn: hemimorphite, calamine]
Definition of 'Calamine'
From: GCIDE
- Calamine \Cal"a*mine\ (k[a^]l"[.a]*m[imac]n or -m[i^]n), n. [F. calamine, LL. calamina, fr. L. Cadmia. See Cadmia.] (min.) A mineral, the hydrous silicate of zinc. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The name was formerly applied to both the carbonate and silicate of zinc each of which is valuabic as an ore; but it is now usually restricted to the latter, the former being called smithsonite. [1913 Webster]