Definition of intergrow in English:

verb

• (chiefly of crystals) grow into each other.

  ‘finely intergrown siderite’

  More example sentences

  • ‘A specimen from the replacement deposits of the Basin vein consists of several interlocking chalcopyrite crystals intergrown with clear quartz crystals.’
  • ‘Some of the turquoise from their mine contains limonite intergrown with thin layers of native gold.’
  • ‘These aggregates are perched on a matrix of fine-grained garnet densely intergrown with other manganese silicates.’
  • ‘The hematite and the clays appear intergrown, suggesting that they co-precipitated.’
  • ‘The microcline and quartz are sometimes intergrown as graphic granite and become very coarse grained near pockets.’