'Pyrogenous' definitions:
Definition of 'pyrogenous'
adjective
adjective
Produced under conditions involving intense heat; "igneous rock is rock formed by solidification from a molten state; especially from molten magma"; "igneous fusion is fusion by heat alone"; "pyrogenic strata" [syn:
igneous,
pyrogenic, pyrogenous]
Definition of 'Pyrogenous'
- Pyrogenous \Py*rog"e*nous\, a. [Gr. ? fire + genous: cf. F.
purog[`e]ne, Gr. ?.]
Produced by fire; igneous. --Mantell. .
[1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Pyrogenous'