extrusive

Etymology

adj

  1. Jutting out; extruding.
  2. (geology) Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, on to the Earth's surface to lie atop existing rocks.

noun

  1. (geology) Rock which has been formed through volcanic extrusion.

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