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Definition of: alabaster
(al′ə·bas′ tər, -bäs′-) noun
1. A white or (delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.
2. A dense, translucent variety of calcite, sometimes banded like marble.
—adjective Made of or like alabaster; smooth and white. [<L <Gk. alabast(r)os an alabaster box, ? from the name of a town in Egypt]
—al′a·bas′trine (-trin) adjective
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