hypocrystalline
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hypocrystalline
[¦hī·pō′krist·əl·ən] (petrology)
Pertaining to the texture of igneous rock characterized by crystalline components in an amorphous groundmass. Also known as hemicrystalline; hypohyaline; merocrystalline; miocrystalline; semicrystalline.