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pyrogenous

American  
[pahy-roj-uh-nuhs] / paɪˈrɒdʒ ə nəs /

adjective

Geology.

  1. pyrogenic.

Etymology

Origin of pyrogenous

First recorded in 1830–40; pyro- + -genous

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And yet not a mountain meets the eye—not even a hill—but the dark cyprières, draped with the silvery tillandsia, form a background to the picture with all the grandeur of the pyrogenous granite!

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