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crystallogenic

adjective
crys·​tal·​lo·​gen·​ic
variants: or crystallogenical \ -​¦jenə̇kəl \ or less commonly crystallogenetic \ -​jə̇¦netik \

Definition of crystallogenic

: crystal-producing crystallogenic attraction

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First Known Use of crystallogenic

1836, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for crystallogenic

International Scientific Vocabulary crystall- + -genic, -genical (from -genic + -al) or -genetic

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