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tripoli

trip.o.li \'trip-*-le-\ n [F, fr. Tripoli, region of Africa] 1: an earth 
   consisting of very friable soft schistose deposits of silica an d including 
   diatomite and kieselguhr 2: an earth consisting of friable dustlike silica 
   not of diatomaceous origi n