'Gabbro' definitions:
Definition of 'gabbro'
(from WordNet)
noun
One of a family of granular intrusive rocks
Definition of 'Gabbro'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'gabbro'
From: GCIDE
- 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]