migmatite


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
migmatite /ˈmɪgmətʌɪt/
noun Geology a rock composed of two intermingled but distinguishable components, typically a granitic rock within a metamorphic host rock.
– origin early 20th cent.: from Gk migma, migmat- ‘mixture’ + -ite1.
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