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grossular

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
grossu-lar
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to, or resembling, a gooseberry.

noun

A calcium-aluminium mineral of the garnet group.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more grossular (comparative) most grossular (superlative) grossulars (plural)

Derived Forms

hydrogrossular

Synonyms

gooseberry garnet grossularite

Questions

What does grossular mean?
Relating to, or resembling, a gooseberry.
Where does grossular come from?
It is traced to French.

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