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Webster 1913 Edition
Vermiculite
Ver-mic′u-lite
,Noun.
[L.
vermiculus
, dim. of vermis
worm.] (Min.)
A group of minerals having, a micaceous structure. They are hydrous silicates, derived generally from the alteration of some kind of mica. So called because the scales, when heated, open out into wormlike forms.