Definitions for phenocryst

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phenocryst phe·no·cryst

Spelling: [fee-nuh-krist, fen-uh-]

IPA: /ˈfi nə krɪst, ˈfɛn ə-/

Phenocryst is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 950 anagrams from letters in phenocryst (cehnoprsty).

Definitions for phenocryst

noun

1. any of the conspicuous crystals in a porphyritic rock.

Origin of phenocryst

First recorded in 1890-95; pheno- + cryst(al)