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trachytes

trachytes is the plural of trachyte.

Meaning of trachyte

Noun

trachyte (countable and uncountable, plural trachytes)

  1. A pale igneous rock consisting mostly of potassium feldspar and plagioclase.
    • The type of rock that results is often described as trachyte and contains abundant crystals of a different kind of alkali-rich feldspar, such as sanidine, rather than plagioclase.2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 52

Questions about trachytes

What is trachytes the plural of?
Trachytes is the plural of trachyte.

Words near trachytes in the dictionary

  1. trachypone
  2. trachypones
  3. trachypterid
  4. trachypterids
  5. trachyte
  6. trachytes
  7. trachytic
  8. trachytid
  9. trachytids
  10. trachytoid
  11. trachyuropodid

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