Amygdaloid

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A volcanic rock containing many amygdules.
  • adj. Shaped like an almond.
  • adj. Anatomy Of or relating to the amygdala.
  • adj. Resembling a volcanic rock that contains many amygdules.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Shaped like an almond.
  • n. A variety of trap or basaltic rock, containing small cavities, occupied, wholly or in part, by nodules or geodes of different minerals, especially agates, quartz, calcite, and the zeolites. When the imbedded minerals are detached or removed by decomposition, it is porous, like lava.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A variety of trap or basaltic rock, containing small cavities, occupied, wholly or in part, by nodules or geodes of different minerals, esp. agates, quartz, calcite, and the zeolites. When the imbedded minerals are detached or removed by decomposition, it is porous, like lava.
  • adj. Almond-shaped.
  • adj. Pertaining to, or having the nature of, the rock amygdaloid.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Almond-shaped.
  • Pertaining to or resembling amygdaloid.
  • Pertaining to the amygdalæ; tonsilar.
  • n. The name given by geologists to igneous rocks or lavas of various composition, of which the most obvious external feature is that they have an amygdaloidal structure. (See amygdaloidal.)
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. volcanic rock in which rounded cavities formed by expanding gas have subsequently become filled with mineral deposits
  • adj. shaped like an almond
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