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gneissitic

gneissitic adjective: exhibiting characteristics of or containing gneiss.

Adjective

gneissitic (comparative more gneissitic, superlative most gneissitic)

  1. Exhibiting characteristics of or containing gneiss.
    • They have encountered it in dryland forests […] in soil pockets on gneissitic granite outcrops […] and in moist sand near freshwater ponds among vegetation characterized by the presence of Calamus.1984, Harold Moldenke, Additional notes on the genus Gmelina II, page 488

Forms of gneissitic

comparativemore gneissitic
superlativemost gneissitic

Origin of gneissitic

From gneiss + -itic.

Questions about gneissitic

What does gneissitic mean?
Gneissitic means exhibiting characteristics of or containing gneiss.
What part of speech is gneissitic?
Gneissitic is an adjective.

Words near gneissitic in the dictionary

  1. gneisses
  2. gneissgranite
  3. gneissgranites
  4. gneissic
  5. gneissification
  6. gneissitic
  7. gneissoid
  8. gneissoids
  9. gneissose
  10. gneissosities
  11. gneissosity

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