phe|no|cryst

phe|no|cryst
phe|no|cryst «FEE nuh krihst, FEHN uh-», noun.
any one of the large or conspicuous crystals in a porphyritic rock.
[< French phénocryste < Greek phaínein to show, appear + krýstallos crystal]

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