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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. (of rocks) consisting of porphyry or containing large crystals in a fine groundmass of minerals;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Porphyritic \Por`phy*rit"ic\, a. [Cf. F. porphyritique.] (Min.) Relating to, or resembling, porphyry, that is, characterized by the presence of distinct crystals, as of feldspar, quartz, or augite, in a relatively fine-grained base, often aphanitic or cryptocrystalline. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

porphyritic adj 1: (of rocks) consisting of porphyry or containing large crystals in a fine groundmass of minerals