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Plutonic

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Adjective

1. irruptive, plutonic

of igneous rock that has solidified beneath the earth's surface; granite or diorite or gabbro

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Plutonic

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adjective
(of igneous rocks) derived from magma that has cooled and solidified below the surface of the earth
. Also: abyssal

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Plutonic

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adjective
1. 
Plutonian
2.  [p-]; Geology
formed at great depth by intense heat and pressure: said of rock, esp. intrusive igneous rock, that is typically coarsegrained and granitelike

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Plutonic

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adj.
Of deep igneous or magmatic origin: plutonic rocks.

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