globuliferous

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English

Etymology

From globule +‎ -ferous.

Pronunciation

Adjective

globuliferous (comparative more globuliferous, superlative most globuliferous)

  1. (geology) Bearing globules; of rocks, having a concretionary structure where the concretions are isolated globules evenly distributed through the texture of the rock.
    globuliferous chondrite
    globuliferous rock
    globuliferous jointage

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for globuliferous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)