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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. 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.