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PORPHYRITIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of rocks) consisting of porphyry or containing large crystals in a fine groundmass of minerals
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
porphyry (any igneous rock with crystals embedded in a finer groundmass of minerals)
Derivation:
porphyry (any igneous rock with crystals embedded in a finer groundmass of minerals)
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