calamine

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
calamine /ˈkaləmʌɪn/

▶noun a pink powder consisting of zinc carbonate and ferric oxide, used to make a soothing lotion or ointment.

– origin ME (referring to zinc ore): via OFr. from med. L. calamina, alt. of L. cadmia, from Gk kadmeia (gē) ‘Cadmean (earth)’, from Kadmos ‘Cadmus’, the name of the legendary founder of Thebes.

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