PHENOCRYST


Meaning of PHENOCRYST in English

[phe.no.cryst] n [F phenocryste, fr. Gk phainein to show + krystallos crystal--more at fancy] (ca. 1893): one of the prominent embedded crystals of a porphyry -- phe.no.crys.tic adj

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