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botryoidal

bot·ry·oid·al [ bòttree óyd'l ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
shaped like bunch of grapes: describes minerals and plant parts shaped like a bunch of grapes

[Late 18th century. < Greek botruoeidēs< botrus "bunch of grapes"]
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