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Abraxas grossulariata
Magpie Mag"pie, n. [OE. & Prov. E. magot pie, maggoty pie, fr. Mag, Maggot, equiv. to Margaret, and fr. F. Marquerite, and common name of the magpie. Marguerite is fr. L. margarita pearl, Gr. ?, prob. of Eastern origin. See Pie magpie, and cf. the analogous names Tomtit, and Jackdaw.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of the genus Pica and related genera, allied to the jays, but having a long graduated tail. Note: The common European magpie (Pica pica, or P. caudata) is a black and white noisy and mischievous bird. It can be taught to speak. The American magpie (P. Hudsonica) is very similar. The yellow-belled magpie (P. Nuttalli) inhabits California. The blue magpie (Cyanopolius Cooki) inhabits Spain. Other allied species are found in Asia. The Tasmanian and Australian magpies are crow shrikes, as the white magpie (Gymnorhina organicum), the black magpie (Strepera fuliginosa), and the Australian magpie (Cracticus picatus). Magpie lark (Zo["o]l.), a common Australian bird (Grallina picata), conspicuously marked with black and white; -- called also little magpie. Magpie moth (Zo["o]l.), a black and white European geometrid moth (Abraxas grossulariata); the harlequin moth. Its larva feeds on currant and gooseberry bushes.
Grossular
Grossular Gros"su*lar, a. [NL. grossularius, from Grossularia a subgenus of Ribes, including the gooseberry, fr. F. groseille. See Gooseberry.] Pertaining too, or resembling, a gooseberry; as, grossular garnet.
Grossular
Grossular Gros"su*lar, n. [See Grossular, a.] (Min.) A translucent garnet of a pale green color like that of the gooseberry; -- called also grossularite.
Grossularia
Grossularia Gros`su*la"ria, n. [NL. See Grossular.] (Min.) Same as Grossular.
grossularite
Grossular Gros"su*lar, n. [See Grossular, a.] (Min.) A translucent garnet of a pale green color like that of the gooseberry; -- called also grossularite.
Ribes Grossularia
Gooseberry Goose"ber*ry, n.; pl. Gooseberries, [Corrupted for groseberry or groiseberry, fr. OF. groisele, F. groseille, -- of German origin; cf. G. krausbeere, kr["a]uselbeere (fr. kraus crisp), D. kruisbes, kruisbezie (as if crossberry, fr. kruis cross; for kroesbes, kroesbezie, fr. kroes crisp), Sw. krusb["a]r (fr. krus, krusing, crisp). The first part of the word is perh. akin to E. curl. Cf. Grossular, a.] 1. (Bot.) Any thorny shrub of the genus Ribes; also, the edible berries of such shrub. There are several species, of which Ribes Grossularia is the one commonly cultivated. 2. A silly person; a goose cap. --Goldsmith. Barbadoes gooseberry, a climbing prickly shrub (Pereskia aculeata) of the West Indies, which bears edible berries resembling gooseberries. Coromandel gooseberry. See Carambola. Gooseberry fool. See lst Fool. Gooseberry worm (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a small moth (Dakruma convolutella). It destroys the gooseberry by eating the interior.
Ribes Grossularia
Grossulin Gros"su*lin, n. [See Grossular.] (Chem.) A vegetable jelly, resembling pectin, found in gooseberries (Ribes Grossularia) and other fruits.

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- (Grabau 1931) †Cleiothyridina globulina (Waagen 1883) †Cleiothyridina grossula (Waagen 1883) †Cleiothyridina hayasakai Tazawa 2010 †Cleiothyridina interposita...
- Chrysomphalina grossula in Port Angeles, WA USA...
- Richards, 1966 A. flavena (Richards, 1966) A. grossa Richards, 1955 A. grossula Richards, 1966 A. ituriensis Richards, 1966 A. laqueata Richards, 1966...
- 1957 Celina freudei Guignot, 1957 Celina gracilicornis Sharp, 1882 Celina grossula LeConte, 1863 Celina guayaquilensis Guignot, 1953 Celina hubbelli Young...
- (India) Jansenia fusissima (Acciavatti & Pearson, 1989) (India) Jansenia grossula (W.Horn, 1925) (India) Jansenia indica (Fleutiaux, 1894) (India) Jansenia...
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- Dromica grandis Péringuey, 1892 Dromica granulata Dokhtouroff, 1883 Dromica grossula W.Horn, 1914 Dromica grutii Chaudoir, 1865 Dromica gunningi (Péringuey...