The Collaborative International Dictionary
Schistose
Schistose \Schis*tose"\ (?; 277), Schistous \Schist*ous\, a. [Cf. F. schisteux.] (Geol.) Of or pertaining to schist; having the structure of a schist.
Wiktionary
schistose
a. 1 (context geology English) Of or relating to schist. 2 (context geology English) Having the character of schist.
Usage examples of "schistose".
The mountain chain is built up of granite, gneissoid, and schistose rocks, often in vertical position, and capped with trachyte and porphyry.
The sequence is grey granite below, the band of chalcedony, and above it a curious schistose gneiss-formation.