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WATER SAPPHIRE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does water sapphire mean? 

WATER SAPPHIRE (noun)
  The noun WATER SAPPHIRE has 1 sense:

1. a deep blue cordierite often used as a gemstoneplay

  Familiarity information: WATER SAPPHIRE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WATER SAPPHIRE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A deep blue cordierite often used as a gemstone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("water sapphire" is a kind of...):

cordierite (a blue mineral of magnesium and iron and aluminum and silicon and oxygen; often used as a gemstone)

transparent gem (a gemstone having the property of transmitting light without serious diffusion)


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