pillow lava

Definitions of pillow lava
  1. noun
    lava that hardened in rounded shapes suggestive of pillows; believed to result from underwater eruptions
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    lava
    rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos; lava is what magma is called when it reaches the surface
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