saccharoid

[ sak-uh-roid or sak-uh-roi-dl ]

/ ˈsæk əˌrɔɪd or ˌsæk əˈrɔɪ dl /

having a granular texture like that of loaf sugar.

Origin of saccharoid

First recorded in 1825–35; sacchar- + -oid

When nearer the junction it becomes grey, and has a saccharoid structure.

A Manual of Elementary Geology |Charles Lyell.
The siliceous beds accompanying the saccharoid limestone have, in short, a character of their own.

The World Before the Deluge |Louis Figuier
Limestone becomes granular and saccharoid—it is changed into marble.

The World Before the Deluge |Louis Figuier
The saccharoid and lamellar, or statuary marbles, belong entirely to primitive and transition districts.

A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines |Andrew Ure

Saccharoid marble is one of the fine varieties: it frequently contains flakes of mica.

Geology |James Geikie

saccharoid

/ (ˈsækəˌrɔɪd) /

Also: saccharoidal geology having or designating a texture resembling that of loaf sugar saccharoid marble

biochem any of a group of polysaccharides that remotely resemble sugars, but are not sweet and are often insoluble