outcrop

outcrop
n. /owt"krop'/; v. /owt'krop"/, n., v., outcropped, outcropping.
n.
1. Geol.
a. a cropping out, as of a stratum or vein at the surface of the earth.
b. the exposed portion of such a stratum or vein.
2. something that emerges suddenly or violently in the manner of an outcrop; outbreak: an outcrop of student demonstrations.
v.i.
3. to crop out, as strata.
[1760-70; n. use of v. phrase crop out]

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