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% arara: pdflatex: { synctex: on }
% arara: makeglossaries
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%http://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/glossaries/glossaries-user.html#sample-crossref
\documentclass{article}

\usepackage[colorlinks]{hyperref}
\usepackage{glossaries}

\makeglossaries

\providecommand{\alsoname}{see also}

\renewcommand{\glsseeitemformat}[1]{\textsc{\glsentryname{#1}}}

\newglossaryentry{pear}{name=pear,
description={an oddly shaped fruit}}

\newglossaryentry{apple}{name=apple,
description={firm, round fruit},
see=[\alsoname]{pear}}

\newglossaryentry{banana}{name=banana,
description={a yellow fruit with an even odder shape than
a \gls{pear}}}

\newglossaryentry{fruit}{name=fruit,
description={sweet, fleshy product of plant containing seed}}

% An alternative to using the 'see' key:
\glssee{fruit}{pear,apple,banana}

\newglossaryentry{courgette}{name={courgette},
 description={type of long, green summer squash}}

% The 'see' key automatically triggers \glssee so this entry will be
% included even though it's not referenced in the document.
\newglossaryentry{marrow}{name={marrow},
 description={long vegetable with thin green skin and white flesh},
 see={[\alsoname]courgette}}

\newglossaryentry{zucchini}{name={zucchini},description={\nopostdesc},
 see={courgette}}

\begin{document}
\gls{pear}, \gls{apple}, \gls{banana} and \gls{courgette}.

\printglossaries

\end{document}
