zhēn​zhū​yán

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  • created sense approved 珍珠岩 · zhēn​zhū​yán · perlite — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    珍珠岩

    zhēn​zhū​yán

    perlite

    A type of acidic volcanic glass that forms pearl-like structures when it cracks; it is commonly used as a building material or for improving agricultural soil.

    珍珠 (literal) → 珍珠 · zhēn​zhū · pearl 岩 (literal) → 岩 · yán · rock

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense