dodecahedraladj.
/ˌdəʊdɪkəˈhiːdrəl/ Having the form of a dodecahedron; twelve-sided.
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1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 207 Transparent, and of a dodecaedral figure.
1796 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) II. 8 It often gives dodecahædral crystals.
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Duodecahedral.
1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. i. i. 6 In a perfectly regular arrangement..we have dodecahedral cells.
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ˌdodecaˈhedric adj. = main sense.
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1878 P. H. Lawrence tr. B. von Cotta Rocks Classified (new ed.) 34 Cleavage indistinct, dodecahedric.
1881 J. Ruskin Love's Meinie I. iii. 126 I retain, therefore, my dodecahedric form of catechism.
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