holocrystalline

adjective

holo·​crystalline

¦hälō,

¦hōlō+

: completely crystalline : made up wholly of crystals or crystalline particles

—used of a rock (as granite)

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary hol- + crystalline

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