Pseudomorphous

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pseudomorphous \Pseu`do*mor"phous\, a. [Gr. ?; pseydh`s false +
     morfh` form: cf. F. pseudomorphe.]
     Not having the true form.
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     {Pseudomorphous crystal}, a crystal which has a form that


        does not result from its own powers of crystallization.
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