lignite

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a soft, brownish-black, low-grade coal intermediate between peat and bituminous coal

   The power station was built near a large deposit of lignite.

Borrowed from French lignite, formed from Latin lignum ("wood") + mineral-forming -ite. The name reflects the fuel's woody appearance and its position at an early stage of coal formation.

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