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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.

Definition 2024


botryoidal

botryoidal

English

Adjective

botryoidal (comparative more botryoidal, superlative most botryoidal)

  1. (chiefly mineralogy) Having the form of a bunch of grapes.