Adjective : botryoidal hematite. From Dictionary.com.
He has a face of that rubicund, knobby type I have heard an indignant mineralogist speak of as botryoidal, and about it waves a quantity of disorderly blond hair. From Wordnik.com. [A Modern Utopia] Reference
A translucent botryoidal calamine banded with blue and green is found at Laurion in Greece, and has sometimes been cut and polished for small ornaments such as brooches. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
Labradorite, Charoite, botryoidal chalcedony, and rocs, adn rocs, adn uh, smammie, uze gittin BORIN agin… sari….. and dey maeks handii howz-wholed wepenz.. sew dere, thwak. From Wordnik.com. [Ur daiz…dey is numbrd - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
The sixth is the "hyalite," which has but a glassy or vitreous lustre, and is found almost exclusively in the form of globules, or clusters of globules, somewhat after the form and size of bunches of grapes; hence the name "botryoidal" is often applied to this variety. From Wordnik.com. [The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones] Reference
H884012 Manganiferous limonitic siderite with 27.6 182 1.37 0.13 botryoidal malachite surface coatings. From Wordnik.com. [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases] Reference
H884012 Manganiferous limonitic 27.6 182 1.37 0.13 siderite with botryoidal malachite surface coatings. From Wordnik.com. [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases] Reference
The matrix of botryoidal tissue is a network of stretched and hollowed connective tissue cells -- it is not a secretion, as cartilage matrix appears to be. From Wordnik.com. [Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata] Reference
This structure has a complicated shape, as well as a botryoidal structure in some cases, and is also seen in liver specimen taken from HCV infected patients. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
They occur in great numbers in a tissue called, botryoidal tissue (Figure XIV.), which occurs especially in masses and patches along the course of the alimentary canal, in its walls. From Wordnik.com. [Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata] Reference
Some of these implements are pecked or chipped, others are smooth -- pebbles apparently chosen for their botryoidal shape, polished surface, or fancied resemblance to some animal or other form. From Wordnik.com. [Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744] Reference
What is botryoidal tissue?. From Wordnik.com. [Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata] Reference
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