# trovant

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A bulbous stone which slowly grows over time and "reproduces" when pieces break off and become new concretions, for which reason such a stone is sometimes called a "living stone" or "living rock".

## Etymology
Borrowed from Romanian trovant, coined by Romanian geologist Gheorghe Munteanu-Murgoci in 1907.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/trovant