nepheline syenite

noun

A holocrystalline plutonic rock that consists largely of nepheline and alkali feldspar.

Meanings

nounnepheline syenite (countable and uncountable, plural nepheline syenites)

plural nepheline syenites

  1. countableuncountableA holocrystalline plutonic rock that consists largely of nepheline and alkali feldspar.
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