Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A mineral that encloses a different mineral.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A mineral inclosing another, or formed around another by its partial metamorphism.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A crystal of one species inclosing one of another species. See
endomorph .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy a
mineral enclosed within another
Etymologies
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peri- + -morph
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avivamagnolia commented on the word perimorph
Per"i*morph: A crystal of one species inclosing one of another species.
January 17, 2009