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lithogenous

lithogenous adjective: stone-producing.

Adjective

lithogenous (not comparable)

  1. Stone-producing
    • lithogenous components
    • lithogenous polyps form coral

Origin of lithogenous

From litho- + -genous.

Questions about lithogenous

What does lithogenous mean?
Lithogenous means stone-producing.
What part of speech is lithogenous?
Lithogenous is an adjective.

Words near lithogenous in the dictionary

  1. lithogenesis
  2. lithogenesy
  3. lithogenetic
  4. lithogenic
  5. lithogenicity
  6. lithogenous
  7. lithogeny
  8. lithogeochemical
  9. lithogeochemistry
  10. lithoglyph
  11. lithoglyphic

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