Meaning Amygdaloid
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AmygdaloidLike an almond. Almond-shaped. As the amygdaloid nucleus in the brain, a structure that anatomists thought resembled an almond. Amygdaloid is pronounced in three syllables: amyg da loid. From the Greek amydale (almond) + the Greek eidos (like).
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Amygdaloid(n) volcanic rock in which rounded cavities formed by expanding gas have subsequently become filled with mineral deposits(adj) shaped like an almond
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Amygdaloid<chemical> A variety of trap or basaltic rock, containing small cavities, occupied, wholly or in part, by nodules or geodes of different minerals, especially. Agates, quartz, calcite, and the zeolites. When the imbedded minerals are detached or removed by decomposition, it is porous, like lava. Origin: Gr. Almond: cf. F. Amygdaloide. (01 Mar [..]
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Amygdaloid
Shaped like an almond.
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