Serpentine

  1. Proper noun.  Name of the lake in Hyde Park, London.
  2. Adjective.  Sinuous; curving in alternate directions.
  3. Adjective.  Having the shape or form of a snake.
  4. Adjective.  Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of snakes.
  5. Adjective.  Of, or having attributes associated with, the mythological serpent, such as craftiness or deceitfulness.
  6. Noun.  Any of several plants believed to cure snakebites.
  7. Noun.  An early form of cannon.
  8. Noun.  A coiled distillation tube.
  9. Adjective.  (context, geology) Of or characteristic of serpentine rocks or the plants that grow there.
  10. Noun.  (mineralogy) Any of several green/brown minerals consisting of a magnesium and iron silicates.
  11. Noun.  (mineralogy) Any of many minerals that have the same layered crystal structure.
  12. Noun.  (geology) An outcrop or region with soil and rock dominated by these minerals.

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