Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CAR-Y-OPH'YL-LOID
CAR-Y-O-PHYL'LE-OUSCA-RY-OP'SIS
CAR-Y-OPH'YL-LOID, n. [Gr. καρυοφυλλον, clove-gilly-flower. Infra.]
A species of mica, the scales of which are concentric and perpendicular. [Obs.] – Cronstedt. Nicholson.
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