puddingstone

puddingstone
puddingstone [pood′iŋstōn΄]
n.
any conglomerate rock having dark-colored, rounded pebbles that are embedded in a light-colored, fine-grained matrix

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pud·ding·stone (po͝odʹĭng-stōn') n. Geology
A conglomerate.

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