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Meaning of "flos ferri" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FLOS FERRI

From New Latin, literally: flower of iron.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FLOS FERRI

flos ferri  [ˈflɒs ˈfɛrɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FLOS FERRI

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Flos ferri is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FLOS FERRI MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of flos ferri in the English dictionary

The definition of flos ferri in the dictionary is a variety of aragonite that is deposited from hot springs in the form of a white branching mass.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FLOS FERRI


berry
ˈbɛrɪ
bury
ˈbɛrɪ
car-ferry
ˈkɑːfɛəfɛrɪ
cherry
ˈtʃɛrɪ
derry
ˈdɛrɪ
ferry
ˈfɛrɪ
herry
ˈhɛrɪ
huckleberry
ˈhʌkəlˌbɛrɪ
jerry
ˈdʒɛrɪ
Kerry
ˈkɛrɪ
Londonderry
ˈlʌndənˌdɛrɪ
meri
ˈmɛrɪ
merry
ˈmɛrɪ
Owerri
əˈwɛrɪ
perry
ˈpɛrɪ
Pondicherry
ˌpɒndɪˈtʃɛrɪ
Puducherry
ˌpuːduːˈtʃɛrɪ
sherry
ˈʃɛrɪ
terry
ˈtɛrɪ
very
ˈvɛrɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FLOS FERRI

florist´s
floristic
floristically
floristics
floristry
floruit
florula
florulae
florule
flory
floscular
floscule
flosculous
flosh
floss
flosser
flossier
flossiest
flossily
flossy

WORDS THAT END LIKE FLOS FERRI

Bari
Capri
cirri
Dari
Ferrari
gharri
Henri
hori
karri
kirri
Mari
marri
Missouri
murri
potpourri
safari
sari
Sri
tori
Uri

Synonyms and antonyms of flos ferri in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «flos ferri» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FLOS FERRI

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The translations of flos ferri from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «flos ferri» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

FLOS含铁
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

flos ferri
570 millions of speakers

English

flos ferri
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

flos Ferri
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

فلوس فيري
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Flos ферри
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

flos Ferri
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফ্লোশ ferri
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

flos ferri
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Flos ferri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

flos ferri
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

フロス·フェリ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

플로 FERRI
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Flos ferri
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

flos Ferri
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஃப்ளோஸ் ஃபெர்ரி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फ्लोझ फेरी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Flos ferri
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

flos ferri
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Flos żelazo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Flos феррі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

flos Ferri
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

flos ferri
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

flos Ferri
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

flos ferri
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Flos ferri
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of flos ferri

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FLOS FERRI»

The term «flos ferri» is barely ever used and occupies the 205.034 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FLOS FERRI» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLOS FERRI»

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Tracts and Observations in Natural History and Physiology ...
Remarks on the Flos-ferri. The manner in which stalactites are formed, is, I believe, well understood. It is easy to conceive that by the gradual dissipation of a solvent the matter held in solution may be deposited, and assume all the various  ...
Robert Townson, 1799
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A new universal etymological technological, and pronouncing ...
FLORIDITY— FLOS FERRI. FLOSS— FLOURISH. flowers; covered witb flowers ; — (seldom used in the foregoing senses ;) OorJbrfci and purely ornamental garlands, delightful onto sight nnd smell. — Sir T. Brown. bright in colour; flashed  ...
John Craig (F.G.S.), 1848
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Mineralogy
The most common repositories of aragonite are beds of gypsum, beds of iron ore, (where it occurs in coralloidal forms, and is denominated flos-ferri, 'flower of iron'), . basalt, and trap rock; occasionally it occurs in lavas. It is often associated ...
James Dana, 1854
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The Encyclopedia of Chemistry, Practical and Theoretical: ...
A very large amount of arrack is consumed in the East; 6 — 700,000 galls, are annually exported from Ceylon, and some 30,000 imported into England. ARRAGONITE. Min. Syn. Prismatic Lime- Haloide, Moht 7 Needle-Spar, Flos-ferri , Igloite, ...
James Curtis Booth, Campbell Morfit, 1862
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A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other ...
A very large amount of arrack is consumed in the East; 6 — 700,000 galls, are annually exported from Ceylon, and some 30,000 imported into England. ARRAGONITE. Jlfin. S,yn. Prismatic Lime- Haloide, Moks ; Needle-Spar, Flos- ferri, Igloite, ...
Henry Watts, 1854
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Mineralogy of Arizona
Cochise County: Warren district, as magnificent coralloidal groups of the variety flos ferri, in limestone caverns. Dragoon Mountains, Turquoise district, as stalactites and stalagmites lining solution cavities in silver-lead deposits. Coconino ...
John Williams Anthony, 1995
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A System of Mineralogy: Including an Extended Treatise on ...
The flos-ferri occurs at Lockport, N. Y., coating gypsum in geodes ; also at Eden- ville, N. Y., lining cavities of mispickel and cube ore, and at Haddam, Conn., in thin seams between layers of gneiss. Veins of this mineral occur at Scoharie.
James Dwight Dana, 1837
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Treatise on Mineralogy
It is found in beds of iron-ores, in those coralloidal varieties which have been called Flos-ferri, in which the component individuals ate so minute that their form ai:J structure is undistinguishable. It is also found in various repositories, along with ...
Charles Upham Shepard, 1832
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Routledge French Technical Dictionary Dictionnaire technique ...
... DP lecteur de disquettes 112, unité de disque souple f N disk reader 12 COMP, DP TELEG OM lecteur de disquette 112 flos: N ferri 12 MINERAL flos ferri 112 flotation 12 CHEM of1121'12eræ/, GOAL TEGH flottation/Ç MINING flottage 112,  ...
Yves Arden, 2013
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A general collection of the best and most interesting ...
Each of these flos ferri, as well as the crustated stone, has the hardness of a iint □} however they are not so compact or strong as to strike fire with the steel. The strongest acids, the fluor acid not excepted, are not sufficient with a boiling heat to ...
John Pinkerton, 1808

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLOS FERRI»

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Summer activities around the region
The caverns in Murphys are home to a variety of cave formations, most notably delicate frost-like crystals known as aragonite flos ferri. «Modesto Bee, Jul 15»
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How to Beat the Heat? Head Underground! ~CVB Feature
... crystals known as aragonite flos ferri, for which it won a Grand prize at the 1900 Paris World Exposition. Walking tours, gem mining and more. «Pine Tree, Aug 13»

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