grossular

Meanings

Adjective

• Relating to, or resembling, a gooseberry.

Noun

• A calcium-aluminium mineral of the garnet group.

Related

Similar words

• gooseberry garnet
• grossularite

Origin

• New Latin grossularius, from Grossularia (genus), a genus or subgenus of Ribes, including the gooseberry, from French groseille. The mineral name is in reference to a particular green variety found in Siberia.