Definition of Saccharoid:

part of speech: adjective

Having a texture resembling that of loafsugar.

Usage examples:

• Thus in the environs of St. Martin, near St. Paul de Fenouillet, the chalky limestone becomes more crystalline and saccharoid as it approaches the granite, and loses all trace of the fossils which it previously contained in abundance. Sir Charles Lyell in "The Student's Elements of Geology".

• Saccharoid marble is one of the fine varieties: it frequently contains flakes of mica. James Geikie in "Geology".

• Mica- schist, gneiss, and saccharoid marble are typical of this class. James Geikie in "Geology".

• When nearer the junction it becomes grey, and has a saccharoid structure. Sir Charles Lyell in "The Student's Elements of Geology".