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poikilitic

American

[poi-kuh-lit-ik] / ˌpɔɪ kəˈlɪt ɪk /

adjective

Petrography.

(of igneous rocks) having small crystals of one mineral scattered irregularly in larger crystals of another mineral.

1830–40; < Greek poikíl ( os ) various + -ite ¹ + -ic

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