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Idiomorphous

Idiomorphous \Id`i*o*morph"ous\, a. [Gr. 'idio`morfos of peculiar form; 'i`dios peculiar + morfh` form.]

  1. Having a form of its own.

  2. (Crystallog.) Apperaing in distinct crystals; -- said of the mineral constituents of a rock.

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idiomorphous

a. 1 having a unique, characteristic form 2 (context mineralogy English) occurring as distinct crystals