See Also: sylvite(medicine)
sylvite(dictionary)

sylvite (iou)



sylvite noun. M19.
[from mod. Latin (sal digestivus) Sylvii old name of this salt, from SYLVIUS: see -ITE1.]
Mineralogy. Native potassium chloride, a colourless or white salt that crystallizes in the cubic system and is used extensively as a fertilizer.
Also sylvine [-i:n] noun M19.