"breccioid" meaning in English

See breccioid in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: breccia + -oid Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|breccia|oid}} breccia + -oid Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} breccioid (not comparable)
  1. Resembling breccia. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-breccioid-en-adj-8G67TyjQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -oid

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          "ref": "1846, Ebenezer Emmons, Agriculture of New-York: Soils, page 83",
          "text": "A coarse breccioid or large pebbly mass at the base.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1916, Johan August Udden, The Thrall Oil Field, volume 2, page 10",
          "text": "Above these shales we find a light, soft sandstone, sometimes of conglomeratic or breccioid structure, in moderately thick layers.",
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        {
          "ref": "2007, Bernhard Hubmann, Fossil Corals and Sponges: Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Fossil Cnidaria and Porifera, Graz 2003",
          "text": "They are regarded as distal turbidites and are interbedded with bioclastic limestones and massive breccioid limestones containing blocks of coral colonies and intraclasts that are regarded as proximal turbidites.",
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