Hypertext Webster Gateway: "amygdaloid"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Amygdaloid \A*myg"da*loid\, Amygdaloidal \A*myg`da*loid"al\, a.
1. Almond-shaped.
2. Pertaining to, or having the nature of, the rock
amygdaloid.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
amygdaloid
adj : shaped like an almond [syn: {almond-shaped}, {amygdaliform},
{amygdaloidal}]
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