Gypsum

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A mineral consisting of the hydrous sulphate of lime (calcium). When calcined, it forms plaster of Paris. Selenite is a transparent, crystalline variety; alabaster, a fine, white, massive variety.

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gypsum
gypsum, i, n., = γύψος, white lime plaster, gypsum. I Lit., Plin. 36, 24, 59, § 182; 14, 19, 24, ...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
gypsum
gypsum ī, n , γύψσος, white lime plaster gypsum: Chrysippi, plaster images, Iu. ...

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