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PYROPE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pyrope mean?
• PYROPE (noun)
The noun PYROPE has 1 sense:
1. a deep red garnet used as a gemstone
Familiarity information: PYROPE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A deep red garnet used as a gemstone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("pyrope" 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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