English Explanatory Dictionary

trovant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of bulbous stone formation found in Romania, sometimes called a "living stone" or "living rock" because they are popularly believed to slowly grow, and to reproduce when pieces break off and become new concretions; whether they actually grow in size over time, and/or are concretions, is disputed.

Word forms

trovant trovants

Etymology

Borrowed from Romanian trovant, coined by Romanian geologist Gheorghe Munteanu-Murgoci in 1907.

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