homeocrystalline

adjective

ho·​meo·​crystalline

¦hōmē(ˌ)ō,

¦häm-+

: having the crystals of the constituent minerals equally developed : granitic

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary home- + crystalline; originally formed as German homöokrystallinisch

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