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Webster 1913 Edition
Poecilitic
Pœˊci-lit′ic
,Adj.
[Gr.
ποικίλοσ
many-colored, variegated.] (Geol.)
(a)
Mottled with various colors; variegated; spotted; – said of certain rocks.
(b)
Specifically: Of or pertaining to, or characterizing, Triassic and Permian sandstones of red and other colors.
[Also written
poikilitic
.]