Usually means: Foreign crystal in igneous rock.
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  1. xenocryst: Merriam-Webster
  2. xenocryst: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. xenocryst: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. xenocryst: Collins English Dictionary
  5. xenocryst: Wordnik
  6. xenocryst: Wiktionary
  7. xenocryst: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. xenocryst: Dictionary.com
  9. Xenocryst: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. xenocryst: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. xenocryst: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (xenocryst)

noun:  (geology) An isolated crystal having a different origin than the igneous rock in which it is found; the mineralogical equivalent of a xenolith.

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