Australian English Meaning of lignite
brown coal
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Definitions and Meaning of lignite in English
lignite (n)
intermediate between peat and bituminous coal
lignite (n.)
Mineral coal retaining the texture of the wood from which it was formed, and burning with an empyreumatic odor. It is of more recent origin than the anthracite and bituminous coal of the proper coal series. Called also brown coal, wood coal.
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brown coal
intermediate between peat and bituminous coalMineral coal retaining the texture of the wood from which it was formed, and burning with an empyreumatic odor. It
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lignireose => Lignirose, ligniperdous => †wood-eating, lignin => Lignin, lignifying => Lignifying, lignify => Lignify,