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Vesicular a. : Of or pertaining to vesicles; esp., of or pertaining to the air vesicles, or air cells, of the lungs; as, vesicular breathing, or normal breathing, in which the air enters freely the air vesicles of the lungs.

Vesicular a. : Containing, or composed of, vesicles or vesiclelike structures; covered with vesicles or bladders; vesiculate; as, vesicular coral; vesicular lava; a vesicular leaf.

Vesicular a. : Having the form or structure of a vesicle; as, a vesicular body.

Example:
What are the minerals found in Vesicular andesite?

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Vesicular texture, vesicles, free encyclopedia, texture, cavities, volcanic rock, olivine basalt, search, rock texture, characterised, extrusive, expansion, bubbles, gas, steam, solidification, rock, Rock types.

Defination from the web:
Vesicular texture is a volcanic rock texture characterised by, or containing, many vesicles. The texture is often found in extrusive aphanitic, or glassy, igneous rock. ... Rock types that display a vesicular texture include pumice and scoria. This volcanology article is a stub. You ... 

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