lithophile

[ lith-uh-fahyl ]

adjective
  1. (of a chemical element) concentrated in the earth's crust, rather than in the core or mantle.

noun
  1. a lithophile element.

Origin of lithophile

1
First recorded in 1920–25; litho- + -phile

Words Nearby lithophile

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