Etymology
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crystalline (adj.)

late 14c., "made of or like crystal;" c. 1400, "resembling crystal, pure, clear, transparent," from Old French cristalin "like crystal" (Modern French crystallin) and directly from Latin crystallinus, from Greek krystallinos "of crystal," from krystallos (see crystal). Related: Crystallinity.

updated on May 26, 2018

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