Associations to the word «Amygdaloid»

Wiktionary

AMYGDALOID, adjective. Shaped like an almond.
AMYGDALOID, noun. 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.

Dictionary definition

AMYGDALOID, noun. Volcanic rock in which rounded cavities formed by expanding gas have subsequently become filled with mineral deposits.
AMYGDALOID, adjective. Shaped like an almond.

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