saccharoidal, a.
(sækəˈrɔɪdəl)
[Formed as prec. + -al1.]
= saccharoid a.
| 1838 W. F. Ainsworth Res. Assyria, etc. 26 The chalk is indurated, compact, granular, or saccharoidal, at the foot of Taurus. 1852 Th. Ross tr. Humboldt's Trav. I. xi. 391 We find also saccharoidal limestone in gneiss of the most ancient formation. 1863 Dana Man. Geol. 383 ‘Ferruginous’ brown and red, coarse, friable sandstone, in some parts white and ‘saccharoidal’. |