English Explanatory Dictionary

phenocryst

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any relatively large crystal embedded in a more fine-grained or glassy igneous rock

Word forms

phenocryst phenocrysts

Etymology

pheno- + -cryst

Synonyms

phenocrystal

Derived words

microphenocryst phenocrystic

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