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Meaning of phenocryst | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Any relatively large crystal embedded in a more fine-grained or glassy igneous rock

Equivalents

Suomi hajarae

Examples

“Some of the feldspar phenocrysts are more than 1 cm long, but most are less than 5 mm.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

phenocrystal phenodeviance phenodeviant phenogam phenogenetics phenogenotype