amygdaloid

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē, almond) + -oid.

Adjective

amygdaloid (comparative more amygdaloid, superlative most amygdaloid)

  1. Shaped like an almond.

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Noun

amygdaloid (countable and uncountable, plural amygdaloids)

  1. 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.

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