Define the word gabbro"Gabbro" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Gabbro \Gab"bro\, n. [It.] (Geol.)
A name originally given by the Italians to a kind of
serpentine, later to the rock called euphotide, and now
generally used for a coarsely crystalline, igneous rock
consisting of lamellar pyroxene (diallage) and labradorite,
with sometimes chrysolite (olivine gabbro).
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"gabbro" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Euphotide \Eu"pho*tide\, n. [Gr. e'y^ well + ?, ?, light. So
called because of its pleasing combination of white and
green.] (Min.)
A rock occurring in the Alps, consisting of saussurite and
smaragdite; -- sometimes called gabbro.
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"gabbro" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
gabbro
n : one of a family of granular intrusive rocks
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