adjective
- Having a shape or form resembling a bunch of grapes; clustered in a grape-like arrangement.
Usage: technical; botany; mineralogy
Examples
- The mineral specimen displayed a botryose texture with rounded, grape-like clusters.
- Botryose formations are common in certain types of mineral deposits.
- The botanist noted the botryose arrangement of the flower buds on the stem.
- Under magnification, the crystal structure appeared botryose rather than angular.
- Botryose minerals often form in cavities where mineral-rich water has slowly evaporated.