a. [f. prec. + -ARY: in mod.F. concrétionnaire.] Geol. Of the nature of or constituting a concretion; consisting of, containing, or characterized by, concretions.

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1830.  Lyell, Princ. Geol., I. 205. The concretionary forms of … magnesian limestone. Ibid. (1833), III. 206. Concretionary nodules.

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1842.  H. Miller, O. R. Sandst., ix. (ed. 2), 206. A concretionary structure.

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1854.  Hooker, Himal. Jrnls., I. i. 12. A nodular concretionary deposit.

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