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grossular

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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.

adjective more grossular · most grossular

  1. Relating to, or resembling, a gooseberry.

noun grossulars

  1. countable, uncountable A calcium-aluminium mineral of the garnet group.

    Similar: gooseberry garnet, grossularite

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noun a type of garnet

Españolgrosularia
हिन्दीयाक़ूत yāqūt, याकूत yākūt, गोमेद gomed, गोमेधक gomedhak, गोमेदक gomedak
Françaisgrossulaire
DeutschGrossular
Italianogrossularia

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@misc{grossular_2026,
  title = {grossular},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/grossular},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}