pilotaxitic

adjective

pi·​lo·​tax·​it·​ic

¦pīlōˌtak¦sitik

: having the form of or characterized by a rock structure composed of a glass-free felted mesh of slender plagioclase strips between which are enclosed the other constituent minerals in minute grains and commonly observed in finely crystallized andesites and basalts

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary pil- + taxis + -itic

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