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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 cal·a·mine /ˈkæləˌmaɪn, mən/
 異極礦;菱鋅礦

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 cal·a·mine /ˈkæləˌmaɪn, mən/ 名詞
 爐甘石,異極石,異極礦

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Cal·a·mine n.  min. A mineral, the hydrous silicate of zinc.
 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.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 calamine
      n : a white mineral; a common ore of zinc [syn: hemimorphite]