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7 letters · 14 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores
origin1817, from Ancient Greek Καδμεία (Kadmeía, “calamine”), a cadmium-bearing mixture of minerals, which was named after the king Κάδμος (Kádmos, “Cadmus”).
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