Gabbro - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Gabbro :  (noun)

1: one of a family of granular intrusive rocks

Based on WordNet 2.0

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).

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)

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