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nephrites

nephrites is the plural of nephrite.

Meaning of nephrite

Noun

nephrite (countable and uncountable, plural nephrites)

  1. A semi-precious stone, one of the two types of stone commonly referred to as jade (the other being jadeite).
    • Occurrences of nephrite are more numerous. China’s most important source throughout its history has been the region of Khotan (Ho-t‘ien) and Yarkand in Central Asia. In more recent times the Chinese have also imported nephrite from the neighbourhood of Lake Baikal in Eastern Siberia.1968, S. Howard Hansford, “The Material and Its Sources”, in Chinese Carved Jades, Greenwich, Conn.: New York Graphic Society Ltd., →LCCN, →OCLC, page 27

Questions about nephrites

What is nephrites the plural of?
Nephrites is the plural of nephrite.

Words near nephrites in the dictionary

  1. nephrin
  2. nephrins
  3. nephrinuria
  4. nephrism
  5. nephrite
  6. nephrites
  7. nephritic
  8. nephritical
  9. nephritick
  10. nephriticks
  11. nephritics

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