English Explanatory Dictionary

ophiolitic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to sections of the oceanic crust and the subjacent upper mantle that have been uplifted or emplaced to be exposed within continental crustal rocks

Word forms

ophiolitic more ophiolitic most ophiolitic

Etymology

From ophiolite + -ic.

Related words

ophiophagy
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