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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having an imperfect crystalline form: said of phenocrysts in a rock which are intermediate between those having a well-developed form (euhedral) and those destitute of this (anhedral).

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  • adjective mineralogy Having some crystal faces and some grainy surfaces; neither entirely euhedral nor entirely anhedral.

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sub- + -hedral

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