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chrysoprase

/ˈkɹɪsəˌpɹeɪz/

chrysoprase noun: a variety of light-green translucent quartz.

Noun

chrysoprase (plural chrysoprases)

  1. A variety of light-green translucent quartz.
    • […]or such pale green and uncertain as we see in sunset sky, and in the clefts of the glacier and the chrysoprase,[…]1846, [John Ruskin], chapter 10, in Modern Painters […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC, part III (Of Ideas of Beauty), section II (Of the Imaginative Faculty), § 7, page 79
    • On the back of one cover BRADSHAW, in beryls, was encrusted; on the back of the other, A.B.C. GUIDE, in amethysts, beryls, chrysoprases, and garnets.1911, Max Beerbohm, chapter II, in Zuleika Dobson

chrysoprase meaning in Tamil, Tagalog and Indonesian

chrysoprase in Tamil

கிரிசோபிரேசு

chrysoprase in Tagalog

variety of quartz
krisopasyo

chrysoprase in Indonesian

variety of quartz
krisopras

Forms of chrysoprase

pluralchrysoprases

Origin of chrysoprase

From Ancient Greek χρῡσόπρασος (khrūsóprasos).

Questions about chrysoprase

What does chrysoprase mean?
Chrysoprase means a variety of light-green translucent quartz.
What is chrysoprase in Tamil?
Chrysoprase in Tamil is கிரிசோபிரேசு. See Chrysoprase meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is chrysoprase?
Chrysoprase is a noun.
How do you pronounce chrysoprase?
Chrysoprase is pronounced /ˈkɹɪsəˌpɹeɪz/.
What is the plural of chrysoprase?
The plural of chrysoprase is chrysoprases.

Words near chrysoprase in the dictionary

  1. chrysopid
  2. chrysopids
  3. chrysopoeia
  4. chrysopoeian
  5. chrysopoetic
  6. chrysoprase
  7. chrysoprases
  8. chrysoprasi
  9. chrysoprasus
  10. chrysopsin
  11. chrysopsins

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