Thesaurus: amygdaloid

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1. n. A variety of trap or basaltic rock, containing small cavities, occupied, wholly or in part, by nodules or geodes of different minerals, esp. agates, quartz, calcite, and the zeolites. When the imbedded minerals are detached or removed by decomposition, it is porous, like lava.
2. a. Alt. of Amygdaloidal
3. adj. shaped like an almond
4. n. volcanic rock in which rounded cavities formed by expanding gas have subsequently become filled with mineral deposits
5. A variety of trap or basaltic rock, containing small cavities, occupied, wholly or in part, by nodules or geodes of different minerals, esp. agates, quartz, calcite, and the zeolites. When the imbedded minerals are detached or removed by decomposition, it is porous, like lava. 1. Almond-shaped. 2. Pertaining to, or having the nature of, the rock amygdaloid.
6. A variety of trap or basaltic rock, containing small cavities,occupied, wholly or in part, by nodules or geodes of differentminerals, esp. agates, quartz, calcite, and the zeolites. When theimbedded minerals are detached or removed by decomposition, it isporous, like lava.
7. n volcanic rock in which rounded cavities formed by expanding gas have subsequently become filled with mineral deposits s shaped like an almond