Usually means: Smooth, ropey texture lava flow.
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General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. pahoehoe: Merriam-Webster
  2. pahoehoe: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. pahoehoe: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. pahoehoe: Collins English Dictionary
  5. pahoehoe: Vocabulary.com
  6. pahoehoe: Wordnik
  7. pahoehoe: Wiktionary
  8. pahoehoe: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. pahoehoe: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. pahoehoe: Dictionary.com
  11. Pahoehoe: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Pahoehoe: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. pahoehoe: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. pahoehoe: Rhymezone
  15. pahoehoe: FreeDictionary.org
  16. pahoehoe: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. pahoehoe: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. Pahoehoe: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. pahoehoe: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms

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  1. pahoehoe: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pahoehoe: Wordcraft Dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pahoehoe: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pahoehoe)

noun:  A form of lava flow of basaltic rock, usually dark-colored with a smooth or ropey surface. It is one of two chief forms of lava flow emitted from volcanoes of the Hawaiian type, the other form being aa.

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