I. ˈsüdəˌmȯrf noun
( -s )
Etymology: probably from French pseudomorphe, from pseud- + -morphe -morph
1. : a mineral (as a piece of quartz) having the characteristic outward form of another species (as the cubic form of fluorite) or of some object (as a shell)
limonite occurs as a pseudomorph after pyrite
unidentified trunks are preserved as pseudomorphs — G.W.Sinclair
2. : something formed in the manner of a pseudomorph
the concept of the cultural pseudomorph — Lewis Mumford
II. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
: pseudomorphose
glauberite pseudomorphed to selenite — Ward's Natural Science Bulletin