Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Composed of or producing globules.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Bearing or containing globules; in geol,. containing concretions or segregations which consist of mica or of feldspar and mica: called
spherophyric by J. D. Dana: equivalent to the more common terms spheroidal or orbicular, used of spheroidal aggregates in granitoid rock.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Bearing globules; in geology, used of rocks, and denoting a variety of concretionary structure, where the concretions are isolated globules and evenly distributed through the texture of the rock.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective geology Bearing
globules ; of rocks, having aconcretionary structure where theconcretions areisolated globules evenly distributed through the texture of the rock.
Etymologies
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globule + -ferous.
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palooka commented on the word globuliferous
A fun word to say - means "composed of or producing globules" per the American Heritage dictionary.
January 27, 2007