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blastesis

blastesis noun: budding or growth of new mineral crystals in solid rock.

Noun

blastesis (uncountable)

  1. Budding or growth of new mineral crystals in solid rock.
  2. Reproduction of a lichen thallus using gonidia.

Origin of blastesis

From Ancient Greek βλάστησις (blástēsis, “germination”). Coined by Friedrich Becke in 1903.

Questions about blastesis

What does blastesis mean?
Blastesis means budding or growth of new mineral crystals in solid rock.
What part of speech is blastesis?
Blastesis is a noun.

Words near blastesis in the dictionary

  1. blasterbating
  2. blasterbation
  3. blasterbator
  4. blasterbators
  5. blasters
  6. blastesis
  7. blastful
  8. blasthole
  9. blastholes
  10. blastic
  11. blasticidin

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