PORPHYRITIC

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of rocks) consisting of porphyry or containing large crystals in a fine groundmass of minerals

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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

porphyry (any igneous rock with crystals embedded in a finer groundmass of minerals)

Derivation:

porphyry (any igneous rock with crystals embedded in a finer groundmass of minerals)

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