Definition of amygdaloid Amygdaloid
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What does amygdaloid mean?
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| amygdaloid - volcanic rock in which rounded cavities formed by expanding gas have subsequently become filled with mineral deposits |
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- amygdaloid (Noun)
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. - amygdaloid (Adjective)
Shaped like an almond.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- amygdaloid (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. - amygdaloid (a.)
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amygdaloid
Having the shape of an almond.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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amygdaloid
a-mig′da-loid, n. a variety of basaltic rock containing almond-shaped nodules of other minerals, as quartz, felspar.—adj. Amygdaloi′dal. [Gr. amygdalē, and eidos, form.]
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