PHENOCRYST


Meaning of PHENOCRYST in English

/fee"neuh krist, fen"euh-/ , n. Petrol.

any of the conspicuous crystals in a porphyritic rock.

[ 1890-95; PHENO- + CRYST(AL) ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .