xenolith
pronunciation
How to pronounce xenolith in British English: UK ['zenəlɪθ]
How to pronounce xenolith in American English: US ['zenəlɪθ]
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- Noun:
- (geology) a piece of rock of different origin from the igneous rock in which it is embedded
Word Origin
- xenolith (n.)
- 1894, from xeno- "foreign, strange" + -lith "stone."