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Malvernian (iou)



Malvernian adjective. L19.
[from Malvern Hills, a range of hills in Worcestershire, England: see -IAN. Cf. MALVERN.]
Chiefly Geology. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Malvern Hills; spec. designating (a) a Precambrian series of plutonic rocks forming most of the hills; (b) a north-south orientation like that of the hills.