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chrysoprase

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11 lettersPronunciation /ˈkɹɪsəˌpɹeɪz/Part of speech nounSorted acehoprrssyStarts with CEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a green variety of chalcedony valued as a gemstone

Word origin

From Ancient Greek χρυσός (khrusós, “gold”) and πράσινον (prásinon, “green”).

Used in a sentence

  • […]or such pale green and uncertain as we see in sunset sky, and in the clefts of the glacier and the chrysoprase,[…]
  • 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.
  • With shaken soul of light and shuddering blaze Of leaping emerald and cold chrysoprase

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