Definition of "pinite" in İngilizce

noun

1. Any fossil wood which exhibits traces of having belonged to the pine family.

2. (chemistry) A sweet white crystalline substance extracted from the gum of a species of pine (Pinus lambertiana, sugar pine), isomeric with quercite.

noun

1. (mineralogy) A compact granular cryptocrystalline mineral of a dull grayish or greenish white color. It is a hydrous alkaline silicate, and is derived from the alteration of other minerals, such as iolite.