Usually means: Explosive nitro-aromatic compound, picric acid.
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  1. melinite: Merriam-Webster
  2. melinite: Collins English Dictionary
  3. melinite: Wordnik
  4. melinite: Wiktionary
  5. melinite: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. melinite: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. M'elinite, melinite: Dictionary.com
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Definitions from Wiktionary (melinite)

noun:  (mineralogy) A yellow clay mineral from Bavaria.
noun:  An explosive containing picric acid and guncotton.

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