trichite

American

[trik-ahyt] / ˈtrɪk aɪt /

noun

Petrography.

any of various minute, hairlike mineral bodies occurring in certain vitreous igneous rocks, especially obsidian.

trichite British

/ ˈtrɪkaɪt, trɪˈkɪtɪk /

noun

any of various needle-shaped crystals that occur in some glassy volcanic rocks
biology any of various hairlike structures

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Other Word Forms

trichitic adjective

Etymology

Origin of trichite

1865–70; < Greek trich-, stem of thríx hair + -ite ¹

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Trichite, trī′kīt, n. a spicule of some sponges.—adj.

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