dendrolite etymology

English word dendrolite comes from English -lite (Used to form names of rocks and minerals.), English dendro- (Dendr- + -o-.)

Detailed word origin of dendrolite

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-lite English (eng) Used to form names of rocks and minerals.
dendro- English (eng) Dendr- + -o-.
dendrolite English (eng) (paleontology) A petrified or fossil shrub, plant, or part of a plant. .

Words with the same origin as dendrolite

Descendants of -lite
abukumalite acadialite chiasmus danalite foralite francolite grapholite heliolite hematolite lepidolite malacolite meteorolite ottrelite paranatrolite phytolite pisolite praseolite radiolite retinalite ripidolite scorzalite thinolite turrilite umbalite
Descendants of dendro-
dendroarchaeology dendrochemistry dendrochronological dendrochronologist dendrochronology dendroclimatic dendroclimatological dendroclimatology dendrodate dendrodendritic dendroecology dendrogeomorphological dendrogeomorphology dendroglioma dendrogram dendrohydrology dendrology dendromancy dendrometer dendrometry dendrophile dendrophobia dendrophyte dendrothermal