[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
PHENOCRYST
Meaning of PHENOCRYST in English
Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012