schistous


schist

S0134600 (shĭst)n. Any of various medium-grained to coarse-grained metamorphic rocks composed of laminated, often flaky parallel layers of chiefly micaceous minerals.
[French schiste, from Latin (lapis) schistos, fissile (stone), a kind of iron ore, from Greek skhistos, split, divisible, from skhizein, to split; see skei- in Indo-European roots.]
schis′tose′ (shĭs′tōs′), schis′tous (-təs) adj.

schistous

(ˈʃɪstəs) adj1. (Geological Science) another word for schistose2. another word for schistose