concretionary
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of concretionary
First recorded in 1820–30; concretion + -ary
Example Sentences
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From her upper crust come such delights of found art as miniature Matterhorns of icy blue molybdenite, spiky flowers of dendritic copper, peaceful crystal groupings of aquamarine beryl and fleshy green clumps of concretionary malachite.
From Time Magazine Archive
At Tusayan the builders have utilized stone of a concretionary formation for roof drains.
From A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228 by Henry Hobart Nichols
Another very important series of concretionary structures are the flint nodules which occur in chalk, and the patches and bands of chert which are found in limestones.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various
In the aperture of the anterior blind sac he found a concretionary matter which he supposed to contain uric acid, but chemical analysis did not confirm the supposition.
From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various
Nitrogenous organic substances, in Chincha guano, 305; in concretionary nodules, 328.
From Manures and the principles of manuring by Charles Morton Aikman
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