nummulitic

English

Etymology

From nummulite +‎ -ic.

Adjective

nummulitic (not comparable)

1. (geology) Pertaining to or consisting of nummulites, especially as designating a type of Eocene limestone formation. [from 19th c.]
   • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 74:

     Such was the abundance of Nummulites throughout the length of the Tethys that in many places their remains formed a distinctive kind of rock called nummulitic limestone which, since ancient times, has been much favoured for construction.