gyrogonite

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noun

The petrified fruit of several species of stonewort

OriginAncient Greek γῦρος →
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Meanings

noungyrogonite (plural gyrogonites)

plural gyrogonites

  1. biologyThe petrified fruit of several species of stonewort

    The shells and gyrogonites also agree specifically with some of those most common in the French deposits […]

    1833, Charles Lyell, chapter XX, in Principles of Geology […] , volume III, London: John Murray, page 280

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekγῦρος“circle, ring”
  2. Englishgyrogonite

Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros, “circle, ring”) + γόνος (gónos, “fruit”)

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