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phanerite

[ fan-uh-rahyt ]

/ ˈfæn əˌraɪt /

noun

any igneous rock whose grains are visible to the naked eye.

Words nearby phanerite

phalloplasty, phallotomy, phallotoxin, phallus, pham van dong, phanerite, phaneritic, phanerocrystalline, phanerogam, phanerophyte, phanerozoic

Origin of phanerite

1855–60; < Greek phaner(ós) manifest, visible + -ite¹

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