POECILITIC

a.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Mottled with various colors; variegated; spotted; -- said of certain rocks.

2.
a.

Specifically: Of or pertaining to, or characterizing, Triassic and Permian sandstones of red and other colors. [Also written poikilitic.]


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