Any of the microscopic structural constituents of coal.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Marie Stopes (1880–1958), sexologist and advocate of birth control. From classical Latin mācerāremacerate + -al, after mineral.
Definition of maceral in US English:
maceral
nounˈmasərəl
Geology
Any of the microscopic structural constituents of coal.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Marie Stopes (1880–1958), sexologist and advocate of birth control. From classical Latin mācerāre macerate + -al, after mineral.