pisolitic, a.
(pɪzəʊˈlɪtɪk, paɪsəʊ-)
[f. pisolite + -ic. So F. pisolithique.]
Of the nature of, consisting of, or resembling pisolite.
1830 Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 351 Half consolidated tuffs..filled with small pisolitic globules. 1851 Richardson Geol. vi. (1855) 157 The pisolitic structure in certain stones. 1863 Speke Discov. Nile 31 Pisolitic limestone, in which marine fossils were observable. |