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[syn: almond-shaped, amygdaliform, amygdaloid, amygdaloidal]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Amygdaloid \A*myg"da*loid\, n. [Gr. ? almond + -oid: cf. F.
amygdalo["i]de.] (Min.)
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.
[1913 Webster] Amygdaloid
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Amygdaloid \A*myg"da*loid\, Amygdaloidal \A*myg`da*loid"al\, a.
1. Almond-shaped.
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2. Pertaining to, or having the nature of, the rock
amygdaloid.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
amygdaloid
adj 1: shaped like an almond [syn: almond-shaped,
amygdaliform, amygdaloid, amygdaloidal]
n 1: volcanic rock in which rounded cavities formed by expanding
gas have subsequently become filled with mineral deposits