petrogenic

adjective

pet·​ro·​genic

: of or relating to the origin or formation of rocks and especially of igneous rocks

Word History

Etymology

petr- + -genic

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Rhymes for petrogenic

• allergenic
• androgenic
• antigenic
• authigenic
• autogenic
• biogenic
• bronchogenic
• chromogenic
• cryogenic
• echogenic
• estrogenic
• isogenic