gabbroid
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gab·bro
(găb′rō)n. pl. gab·bros
A usually coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of pyroxene and calcic plagioclase feldspar. Also called norite.
[Italian, perhaps from Latin glaber, bald, beardless.]
gab·bro′ic (gă-brō′ĭk), gab′broid′ (găb′roid′) adj.
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gabbroid
(ˈɡæbrɔɪd)adj
gabbro-like, esp of a rock in the petrographic clan which contains the gabbro family
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