gabbro

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gabbro - 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).
     [1913 Webster]

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

gabbro - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  gabbro
      n 1: one of a family of granular intrusive rocks