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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 Trip·o·li /ˈtrɪpəli/
 矽藻土

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Trip·o·li n. Min. An earthy substance originally brought from Tripoli, used in polishing stones and metals. It consists almost wholly of the siliceous shells of diatoms.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 tripoli
      n 1: a weathered and decomposed siliceous limestone; in powdered
           form it is used in polishing [syn: rottenstone]
      2: the capital and chief port and largest city of Libya; in
         northwestern Libya on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by
         the Phoenicians in the 7th century BC [syn: Tarabulus
          Al-Gharb, capital of Libya]
      3: a port city and commerical center in northwestern Lebanon on
         the Mediterranean Sea [syn: Tarabulus Ash-Sham, Trablous]