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.

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras