'Phanerocrystalline' definitions:

Definition of 'Phanerocrystalline'

From: GCIDE

Phanerocrystalline \Phan`er*o*crys"tal*line\, a. [Gr. fanero`s visible + E. crystalline.] (Geol.) Distinctly crystalline; -- used of rocks. Opposed to cryptocrystalline. [1913 Webster]