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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. one of a family of granular intrusive rocks;


The 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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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