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Amygdaloid

noun
1.
Volcanic rock in which rounded cavities formed by expanding gas have subsequently become filled with mineral deposits.



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... wings of Fancy, and once more I stand upon thy shores! Over thy broad savannahs I spur my noble steed, whose joyous neigh tells that he too is inspired by the scene. I rest under the shade of the corozo palm, and quaff the wine of the acrocomia. I climb thy mountains of amygdaloid and porphyry— thy crags of quartz, that yield the white silver and the yellow gold. I cross thy fields of lava, rugged in outline, and yet more rugged with their coverture of strange vegetable forms—acacias and cactus, yuccas and zamias. I traverse thy table-plains ...
— The War Trail - The Hunt of the Wild Horse • Mayne Reid


Words linked to "Amygdaloid" :   rounded, volcanic rock


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