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CHRYSOPRASE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does chrysoprase mean?
• CHRYSOPRASE (noun)
The noun CHRYSOPRASE has 1 sense:
1. a green variety of chalcedony valued as a gemstone
Familiarity information: CHRYSOPRASE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A green variety of chalcedony valued as a gemstone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("chrysoprase" is a kind of...):
calcedony; chalcedony (a milky or greyish translucent to transparent quartz)
transparent gem (a gemstone having the property of transmitting light without serious diffusion)
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