CITRINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does citrine mean? 

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

1. semiprecious yellow quartz resembling topaz

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CITRINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Semiprecious yellow quartz resembling topaz

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Nouns denoting substances

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

quartz (a hard glossy mineral consisting of silicon dioxide in crystal form; present in most rocks (especially sandstone and granite); yellow sand is quartz with iron oxide impurities)

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