Botryoid

Botryoid
Botryoid Bot"ry*oid, Botryoidal Bot`ry*oid"al, a. [Gr. ? cluster of grapes + -oid.] Having the form of a bunch of grapes; like a cluster of grapes, as a mineral presenting an aggregation of small spherical or spheroidal prominences; as, botryoidal hematite.

Syn: botryose. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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