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HESSONITE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hessonite mean?
• HESSONITE (noun)
The noun HESSONITE has 1 sense:
1. a garnet ranging in color from yellow to brown
Familiarity information: HESSONITE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A garnet ranging in color from yellow to brown
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
cinnamon stone; essonite; hessonite
Hypernyms ("hessonite" is a kind of...):
garnet (any of a group of hard glassy minerals (silicates of various metals) used as gemstones and as an abrasive)
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