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bentonite

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Noun
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ben=ton=ite

CIDE DICTIONARY

bentoniten. 
     an absorbent aluminum silicate clay formed from volcanic ash.  [WordNet 1.5]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

bentonite, n. a kind of absorbent clay used esp. as a filler.

Etymology
Fort Benton in Montana, US

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