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out·crop (o̵ut′kräp′; for v. o̵ut′kräp′)

noun

  1. a breaking forth; specif., the emergence of a mineral from the earth so as to be exposed on the surface
  2. the mineral that so emerges

intransitive verb outcropped -·cropped′, outcropping -·crop′·ping

  1. to emerge from the earth in this way
  2. to break forth

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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