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alexandrites

alexandrites is the plural of alexandrite.

Meaning of alexandrite

Noun

alexandrite (countable and uncountable, plural alexandrites)

  1. A form of chrysoberyl that displays a colour change dependent upon the light source, along with strong pleochroism.
    • […] the body of each high seat was a single jewel of monstrous size: the left-hand seat a black opal, asparkle with steel-blue fire, the next a fire-opal, as it were a burning coal, the third seat an alexandrite, purple like wine by night but deep sea-green by day.1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 2

Questions about alexandrites

What is alexandrites the plural of?
Alexandrites is the plural of alexandrite.

Words near alexandrites in the dictionary

  1. alexandrines
  2. Alexandrinus
  3. Alexandrist
  4. Alexandrists
  5. alexandrite
  6. alexandrites
  7. Alexandroid
  8. Alexandropol
  9. Alexandropolis
  10. Alexandros
  11. Alexandroupoli

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