[mod. f. Gr. ἄνθος flower + λίθος stone.]

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  1.  Geol. A name given by Brongniart to certain fossil plants having a resemblance to flowers, found in the Coal Measures; in mod.L. Antholites.

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1847.  in Craig.

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  2.  Min. A variety of the mineral Amphibole.

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