ANDRADITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does andradite mean? 

• ANDRADITE (noun)
  The noun ANDRADITE has 1 sense:

1. a garnet consisting of calcium iron silicate and having any color ranging from yellow and green to brown and black; used as gemstone

  Familiarity information: ANDRADITE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANDRADITE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A garnet consisting of calcium iron silicate and having any color ranging from yellow and green to brown and black; used as gemstone

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("andradite" is a kind of...):

garnet (any of a group of hard glassy minerals (silicates of various metals) used as gemstones and as an abrasive)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "andradite"):

demantoid (a green andradite used as a gemstone)