concretionary (konkreshonari)

[= F. concrétionnaire; as concretion + -ary.] 1. Characterized by concretion; formed by concretion; concretional. In some Phallus iæ the alimentary canal is coated by a very peculiar ti ue, consisting of innumerable spherical sacs containing a yellow concretionary matter. Huxley, Anat. Invert., p. 518. The tubular layer rises up through the pigmentary layer of the crab's shell in little papillary elevations, which seem to be concretionary nodules. W. B. Carpenter, Micros., § 613. Specifically - 2. In geol . , consisting of mineral matter which has been collected (either from the surrounding rock or from without) around some center, so as to form a more or le regularly shaped ma . Carbonate of lime deposited from hot springs often displays the concretionary structure in a high degree. In a single concretion all the parts are subordinate to one Concretionary Structure. center; in a concretionary rock the whole ma is made up of more or le distinctly formed concretions. concretism (kon'krē-tizm or kon-krēʼtizm), n. [ It is a surprising instance of this tendency to concretism , that, among people so civilized as the Buddhists, the most obviously moral beast-fables have become literal incidents of sacred history. E. B. Tylor , Prim. Culture, I. 374. =