poikiloblastic

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adjective

Describing the texture of a metamorphic rock that has small idioblasts of one constituent lying within larger xenoblasts

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Meanings

adjectivepoikiloblastic (comparative more poikiloblastic, superlative most poikiloblastic)

comparative more poikiloblastic · superlative most poikiloblastic

  1. geographyDescribing the texture of a metamorphic rock that has small idioblasts of one constituent lying within larger xenoblasts

Origin

From poikiloblast + -ic.

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APA

poikiloblastic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poikiloblastic

MLA

“poikiloblastic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poikiloblastic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “poikiloblastic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poikiloblastic.

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