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porphyroid

porphyroid noun: a crystalline and schistose rock containing porphyritic crystals of feldspar.

Noun

porphyroid (countable and uncountable, plural porphyroids)

  1. A crystalline and schistose rock containing porphyritic crystals of feldspar.

Forms of porphyroid

pluralporphyroids

Origin of porphyroid

From porphyry + -oid.

Questions about porphyroid

What does porphyroid mean?
Porphyroid means a crystalline and schistose rock containing porphyritic crystals of feldspar.
What part of speech is porphyroid?
Porphyroid is a noun.
What is the plural of porphyroid?
The plural of porphyroid is porphyroids.

Words near porphyroid in the dictionary

  1. porphyrogenitoi
  2. porphyrogenitos
  3. porphyrogeniture
  4. porphyrogenitus
  5. porphyrogennetos
  6. porphyroid
  7. porphyroids
  8. porphyromonad
  9. porphyromonads
  10. porphyrophobia
  11. porphyrophobic

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