Associations to the word «Pyroxene»

Wiktionary

PYROXENE, noun. (mineralogy) Any of a group of crystalline minerals containing silicates of iron, magnesium and calcium.

Dictionary definition

PYROXENE, noun. Any of a group of crystalline silicate mineral common in igneous and metamorphic rocks.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats