ALLOTRIOMORPHIC


Meaning of ALLOTRIOMORPHIC in English

ə|lä.trēə|mȯrfik adjective

Etymology: Greek allotrio- + English -morphic

: marked by a form different from the normal or expected because of development in special circumstances — used especially of mineral grains of igneous rocks whose mutual growths have prevented the assumption of outward crystal form; contrasted with idiomorphic

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