Botryoidal (adj)
bot-ree-oi-dal
Having a shape reminiscent of a cluster of grapes.
Used chiefly in the mineral world. From Greek ‘Botrus’ a bunch of grapes.
Example sentences
“It forms spherical clusters of tightly packed radiating crystals and botryoidal crusts”
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