trappean
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare French trappéen. See trap (“a kind of rock”).
Adjective
[edit]trappean (comparative more trappean, superlative most trappean)
- (mineralogy) Of or pertaining to trap; of the nature of trap.
- (geology) Relating to, or composed of basalt or other igneous rock
Synonyms
[edit]Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “trappean”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)