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Webster 1913 Edition


Pseudomorph

Pseu′do-morph

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Noun.
1.
An irregular or deceptive form.
2.
(Crystallog.)
A
pseudomorphous crystal
, such as a crystal consisting of quartz, but having the cubic form of fluor spar, the fluor crystal having been changed to quartz by a process of substitution.