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grossular

grossular adjective: relating to, or resembling, a gooseberry.

Adjective

grossular (comparative more grossular, superlative most grossular)

  1. Relating to, or resembling, a gooseberry.

Noun

grossular (countable and uncountable, plural grossulars)

  1. A calcium-aluminium mineral of the garnet group.

grossular meaning in Hindi

grossular in Hindi

a type of garnet
याक़ूत yāqūt, याकूत yākūt, गोमेद gomed, गोमेधक gomedhak, गोमेदक gomedak

Synonyms of grossular

Forms of grossular

Adjective
comparativemore grossular
superlativemost grossular
Noun
pluralgrossulars

Origin of grossular

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.

Words formed from grossular

Questions about grossular

What does grossular mean?
Grossular means relating to, or resembling, a gooseberry.
What is grossular in Hindi?
Grossular in Hindi is याक़ूत (yāqūt), याकूत (yākūt), गोमेद (gomed). See Grossular meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is grossular?
Grossular can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near grossular in the dictionary

  1. grossology
  2. grossone
  3. grossones
  4. Grossos
  5. grossulaceous
  6. grossular
  7. grossulariaceous
  8. grossularite
  9. grossularites
  10. grossulars
  11. grossy

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