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Definition of: kieselguhr
(kē′zəl·g
r) noun
A fine, variously colored earth, derived from the accumulated deposits of the cell walls of diatoms, used as an absorbent for dynamite, as a polishing powder, etc.; diatomite. [<G kiesel flint + guhr sediment]
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