Pleochroic is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.
You can make 414 anagrams from letters in pleochroic (ccehiloopr).
First recorded in 1860-65; pleo- + -chroic
They rarely contain olivine, but pleochroic hypersthene is by no means rare in them (hypersthene-dolerites).
The pleochroism is strong, the pleochroic colours being usually green, yellow and brown.
The descriptive name "pleochroic Halo" has originated from this fact.
The transparent crystals are pleochroic—a character well marked in emerald.
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