chondren.
Etymology: < Greek χόνδρος ‘a groat, grit, or lump of salt’. In German chondrum, plural chondren.
rare.
1882 A. Geikie iii. ii. §2 In these [deep-sea] deposits..occur..‘chondres’, or spherical internally radiated particles referred to bronzite.
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