outcropped

Variant of outcrop

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, outcropping

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