Meanings
adjectivebotryoidal (comparative more botryoidal, superlative most botryoidal)
comparative more botryoidal · superlative most botryoidal
- biologyHaving the form of a bunch of grapes.
The oxyde of cobalt, […] is found either ſuperficial, interſperſed, or in lumps; ſometimes botryoidal or reniform or bearing particular impreſſions.
1799, William Babington, “[Class III. Metals. Order II. Fragile. Genus IV. Cobalt.] Species II. Native Oxyde of Cobalt.”, in A New System of Mineralogy, in the Form of a Catalogue, after the Manner of Baron Born’s Systematic Catalogue of the Collection of Fossils of Mlle. Élénore de Raab, London: […] T[homas] Bensley, […]; and sold by W. Phillips, […]; G. G. and J. Robinsons, […]; and T. Cox, […], →OCLC, page 232
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveresembling a cluster of grapes in form
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botryoidboytrose
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Origin
By surface analysis, botry- + -o- + -id + -al.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with botryoidal
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APA
botryoidal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/botryoidal
MLA
“botryoidal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/botryoidal. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “botryoidal,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/botryoidal.
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