CHRYSOPRASE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A green variety of chalcedony valued as a gemstone

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Nouns denoting substances

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

calcedony; chalcedony (a milky or greyish translucent to transparent quartz)

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

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