crystallogenic

adjective

crys·​tal·​lo·​gen·​ic

variants or crystallogenical

-¦jenə̇kəl

or less commonly crystallogenetic

-jə̇¦netik

: crystal-producing

crystallogenic attraction

Word History

Etymology

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

First Known Use

1836, in the meaning defined above

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