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botryoidal

[ bo-tree-oid-l ]

adjective

Mineralogy.
  1. having the form of a bunch of grapes:

    botryoidal hematite.



botryoidal

/ ˌbɒtrɪˈɔɪdəl; -ˌəʊz; ˈbɒtrɪˌəʊs /

adjective

  1. (of minerals, parts of plants, etc) shaped like a bunch of grapes
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

botryoidal

/ ŏ′rŧ-Ǿl /

  1. Shaped like a bunch of grapes. Certain minerals and parts of organisms can be botryoidal.
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Other yvlog Forms

  • dzr·Ǿd· adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of botryoidal1

1810–20; < Greek botryoeid ( ḗs ) shaped like a bunch of grapes ( óٰ ( s ) bunch of grapes + -DZ𾱻ŧ -oid ) + -al 1
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of botryoidal1

C18: from Greek dzٰܴDZ𾱻ŧ , from botrus cluster of grapes; see -oid
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The mineral also occurs as stalactitic or botryoidal masses with a fibrous structure, or in a massive, cellular or granular condition intermixed with calamine and clay.

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At Arendal in Norway, the original locality for both the crystallized and botryoidal varieties, it is found in a bed of magnetite.

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Native arsenic is usually found as granular or curvilaminar masses, with a reniform or botryoidal surface.

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The network is partly formed out of pigmented cells which are excavated and join to form tubes, the so-called botryoidal tissue, not found among the Rhynchobdellidae at all.

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Sometimes the travertin assumes precisely the botryoidal and mammillary forms, common to similar deposits in Auvergne, of a much older date; and, like them, it often scales off in thin, slightly undulating layers.

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