Definition for BO'TRY-OID, or BO-TRY-OID'AL

BO'TRY-OID, or BO-TRY-OID'AL, a. [Gr. βοτρυς, a bunch of grapes, and ειδος, form; Fr. botte, a bunch or bundle; Arm. bod, bot, a grape.]

Having the form of a bunch of grapes; like grapes; as a mineral presenting an aggregation of small globes. – Kirwan. Phillips.

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