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Usually means: Containing or resembling the mineral porphyry.
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  1. porphyrous: Merriam-Webster
  2. porphyrous: Collins English Dictionary
  3. porphyrous: Wordnik
  4. porphyrous: Wiktionary
  5. porphyrous: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words

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Definitions from Wiktionary (porphyrous)

▸ adjective:  Of or crafted from porphyry.
▸ adjective:  Of purple hue, like that of porphyry.

Similar:
porphyric, Porphyrian, porcelaneous, pyorrhœic, Parian, pygostyled, Phaedran, papyriform, pyorrhoeic, Pharian, more...

Opposite:
non-porphyrous, aporphyrous, unpigmented

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Similar:
porphyric, Porphyrian, porcelaneous, pyorrhœic, Parian, pygostyled, Phaedran, papyriform, pyorrhoeic, Pharian, more...

Opposite:
non-porphyrous, aporphyrous, unpigmented



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