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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PSEUDOMORPHOUS

a.[pseudo and Gr. form. ] Not having the true form. A pseudomorphous mineral is one which has received its form from some extraneous cause, not from natural crystallization.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PSEUDOMORPHOUS

Pseu `do *mor "phous, a. Etym: [Gr. pseudomorphe.]

 

Defn: Not having the true form. Pseudomorphous crystal, one which has a form that does not result from its own powers of crystallization.