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variolitic

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var⋅i⋅o⋅lit⋅ic

  [vair-ee-uh-lit-ik]
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–adjective
1. Petrography. containing or resembling varioles, esp. in texture.
2. spotted; speckled.
Origin:
1860–65; variolite rock containing varioles (see variole, -ite 1 ) + -ic
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var·i·o·lite   (vâr'ē-ə-līt', vār'-)   
n.  A basic rock whose pockmarked appearance is caused by the presence of numerous white, rounded, embedded spherules.
var'i·o·lit'ic (-lĭt'ĭk) adj.
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