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botryoidal (comparative more botryoidal, superlative most botryoidal)
- (chiefly mineralogy) Having the form of a bunch of grapes.
1799, William Babington, “ Species II. Native Oxyde of Cobalt.”, in A New System of Mineralogy, in the Form of a Catalogue, after the Manner of Baron Born’s Systematic Catalogue of the Collection of Fossils of Mlle. Élénore de Raab, London: T Bensley, ; and sold by W. Phillips, ; G. G. and J. Robinsons, ; and T. Cox, , →OCLC, page 232:The oxyde of cobalt, […] is found either ſuperficial, interſperſed, or in lumps; ſometimes botryoidal or reniform or bearing particular impreſſions.
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