grossular

English

Etymology

New Latin grossularius, from Grossularia, a genus or subgenus of Ribes, including the gooseberry, from French groseille.

Adjective

grossular (comparative more grossular, superlative most grossular)

  1. Relating to, or resembling, a gooseberry.
    grossular garnet

Noun

grossular (countable and uncountable, plural grossulars)

  1. Grossularite.

Further reading

  • “Grossular” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • grossular mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016
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