botryoidal
/bo-tree-oid-l/US // ˌbɒ triˈɔɪd l //UK // (ˌbɒtrɪˈɔɪdəl) //
浆果状的,浆果状,浆果型,浆果型的
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
Mineralogy.
- : having the form of a bunch of grapes: botryoidal hematite.
Examples
It is never found as crystals, but always as encrusting and botryoidal masses with a microcrystalline structure.
A fibrous variety with a botryoidal or globular surface is known as botryolite.
At Arendal in Norway, the original locality for both the crystallized and botryoidal varieties, it is found in a bed of magnetite.
These shells occur at Hartlepool and Sunderland, where the rock assumes an oolitic and botryoidal character.
Our decks became dry, and studded with botryoidal lumps of dirty foot-trodden ice.
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