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biocrystal

noun

Etymology

From bio- + crystal.

  1. derived from *krews-✻
  2. derived from κρύσταλλος
  3. derived from cristal
  4. derived from cristall
  5. inherited from cristalla
  6. inherited from crystal
  7. prefixed as biocrystal — “bio + crystal”

Definitions

  1. A crystal produced by biological means.

    • The organic matrix makes up less than 5% of the shell and is thought to be responsible for biocrystal synthesis.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for biocrystal. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA