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Definition of Grossular
1. a. Pertaining too, or resembling, a gooseberry; as, grossular garnet.
2. n. A translucent garnet of a pale green color like that of the gooseberry; -- called also grossularite.
Definition of Grossular
1. Noun. Grossularite. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Grossular
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Grossular
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Grossular
Literary usage of Grossular
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"Pertaining to or resembling a gooseberry: as, grossular garnet. Winding with the
wall along the outward North-alley of the Chancell, at the far end thereof ..."
2. The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana, 1837-1868 by James Dwight Dana, Edward Salisbury Dana (1892)
"... Ottawa Co., Quebec, in brownish red crystals in a quartz«.»« rock, and at
Wake-field, green and bright yellow, with grossular garnet. ..."
3. Conversations on Mineralogy by Delvalle Varley (1822)
"These yellowish green translucent crystals, are called grossular garnets, ...
The planes of the grossular garnet are with very few exceptions smooth ..."
4. The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana. 1837-1868: Descriptive Mineralogy by James Dwight Dana, Edward Salisbury Dana (1892)
"It is often associated with grossular garnet and diopside, ... in a quartzose
rock, and at Wakefield, green and bright yellow, with grossular gurnet. ..."
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