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Webster 1913 Edition

Pseudomorphous

Pseuˊdo-mor′phous

,
Adj.
[Gr. [GREEK];
ψευδήσ
false +
μορφή
form: cf. F.
pseudomorphe
.]
Not having the true form.
Pseudomorphous crystal
,
a crystal which has a form that does not result from its own powers of crystallization.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pseudomorphous

PSEUDOMORPH'OUS

,
Adj.
[pseudo and Gr. form.] Not having the true form. A pseudomorphous mineral is one which has received its form from some extraneous cause, not from natural crystallization.

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