English Explanatory Dictionary

grossular

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Relating to, or resembling, a gooseberry.
noun
  1. A calcium-aluminium mineral of the garnet group.

Word forms

grossular more grossular most grossular grossulars

Etymology

From New Latin grossularius, from translingual Grossularia, a subgenus of Ribes, including the gooseberry, from French groseille. The mineral name is in reference to a particular green variety found in Siberia.

Synonyms

gooseberry garnet grossularite

Derived words

hydrogrossular
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