| atomic number 12 
 
 a light silver-white ductile bivalent metallic element;
 in pure form it burns with brilliant white flame;
 occurs naturally only in combination (as in magnesite and dolomite and carnallite and spinel and olivine)
 • Syn:
 magnesium, Mg
 • Hypernyms:
 metallic element, metal
 • Substance Holonyms:
 carnallite, dolomite, bitter spar, magnesite, olivine,
 periclase, magnesia, magnesium oxide, spinel
 
 
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