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SAPPHIRINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sapphirine mean?
• SAPPHIRINE (noun)
The noun SAPPHIRINE has 1 sense:
1. a rare light blue or green mineral; consists of aluminum and magnesium silicate and occurs as small grains in some metamorphic rocks
Familiarity information: SAPPHIRINE used as a noun is very rare.
• SAPPHIRINE (adjective)
The adjective SAPPHIRINE has 1 sense:
1. made of or resembling sapphire
Familiarity information: SAPPHIRINE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A rare light blue or green mineral; consists of aluminum and magnesium silicate and occurs as small grains in some metamorphic rocks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("sapphirine" is a kind of...):
mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Made of or resembling sapphire
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
sapphire (a precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a gemstone)
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