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Webster 1913 Edition

Botryoidal

{

Bot′ry-oid

,

Botˊry-oid′al

, }

Adj.

[Gr.

[GREEK]

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.