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]