phacolith

noun

phac·​o·​lith

plural -s

: a lens-shaped mass of igneous rock intruded in folded sedimentary beds with which it is approximately concordant and having its greatest thickness along the axes of synclines or anticlines

phacolithic

¦⸗⸗¦lithik

adjective

Word History

Etymology

phac- + -lith

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