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aphyric

aphyric adjective: not porphyritic; having few or no phenocrysts.

Adjective

aphyric (not comparable)

  1. Not porphyritic; having few or no phenocrysts.

Origin of aphyric

From a- + phyric.

Words formed from aphyric

Questions about aphyric

What does aphyric mean?
Aphyric means not porphyritic; having few or no phenocrysts.
What part of speech is aphyric?
Aphyric is an adjective.

Words near aphyric in the dictionary

  1. aphyllose
  2. aphyllous
  3. aphylly
  4. aphyonid
  5. aphyonids
  6. aphyric
  7. aphysiologic
  8. aphysiological
  9. aphæreses
  10. aphæresis
  11. aphæretic

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