botryoid

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botryoid - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Botryoid \Bot"ry*oid\, Botryoidal \Bot`ry*oid"al\, a. [Gr. ?
     cluster of grapes + -oid.]
     Having the form of a bunch of grapes; like a cluster of
     grapes, as a mineral presenting an aggregation of small
     spherical or spheroidal prominences; as, botryoidal hematite.
  
     Syn: botryose.
          [1913 Webster]

botryoid - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  botryoid
      adj 1: resembling a cluster of grapes in form [syn: botryoid,
             botryoidal, boytrose]