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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[NL.

grossularius

, from

Grossularia

a subgenus of

Ribes

, including the gooseberry, fr. F.

groseille

. See

Pertaining too, or resembling, a gooseberry;

as,

grossular

garnet

Noun.

[See

Adj.

]

(Min.)

A translucent garnet of a pale green color like that of the gooseberry; – called also

grossularite

Adj.

Pertaining to or resembling a gooseberry; as grossular garnet.

Noun.

A rare mineral of the garnet kind, so named from its green color.