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venturine

venturine noun: gold powder for covering varnished surfaces in japanning.

Noun

venturine (uncountable)

  1. Gold powder for covering varnished surfaces in japanning.

Origin of venturine

Compare aventurine.

Questions about venturine

What does venturine mean?
Venturine means gold powder for covering varnished surfaces in japanning.
What part of speech is venturine?
Venturine is a noun.

Words near venturine in the dictionary

  1. Venturia
  2. venturiaceous
  3. Venturian
  4. venturicidin
  5. venturicidins
  6. venturine
  7. venturing
  8. venturingly
  9. venturings
  10. Venturini
  11. Venturinis

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