xenoblast

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noun

A crystal forming in a metamorphic rock that has not developed its characteristic crystalline faces and which gets its shape from bordering crystals.

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Meanings

nounxenoblast (plural xenoblasts)

plural xenoblasts

  1. A crystal forming in a metamorphic rock that has not developed its characteristic crystalline faces and which gets its shape from bordering crystals.

Origin

From xeno- + -blast.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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