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Define the word Xenotime

"Xenotime" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"

Xenotime \Xen"o*time\, n. [Gr. xeno`timos honoring guests or
   strangers; xe`nos guest, stranger + timh` honor: cf. G.
   xenotim.] (Min.)
   A native phosphate of yttrium occurring in yellowish-brown
   tetragonal crystals.
   [1913 Webster]

"xenotime" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"

xenotime
     n : a brown-to-yellow mineral that is a phosphate of yttrium in
         crystalline form