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porphyroid

[pawr-fuh-roid]
noun
  1. a rock resembling porphyry.
  2. a sedimentary rock that has been metamorphosed so as to leave some original crystals in a fine-textured, layered matrix.

Origin of porphyroid

First recorded in 1790–1800; porphyr(y) + -oid
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Historical Examples of porphyroid

  • Pumice and trachyte are the most common rocks around this mountain, and these are augitic or porphyroid.

British Dictionary definitions for porphyroid

porphyroid

adjective
  1. (of metamorphic rocks) having a texture characterized by large crystals set in a finer groundmass
noun
  1. a metamorphic rock having this texture
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