botryoid
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bot·ry·oi·dal
(bŏt′rē-oid′l) also bot·ry·oid (bŏt′rē-oid′)adj.
Shaped like a bunch of grapes. Used especially of mineral formations: botryoidal hematite.
[From Greek botruoeidēs : botrus, bunch of grapes + -oeidēs, -oid.]
bot′ry·oi′dal·ly adv.
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Adj. | 1. | botryoid - resembling a cluster of grapes in form |
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