Emerald

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A brilliant green to grass-green transparent variety of beryl, used as a gemstone.
  • n. A strong yellowish green.
  • adj. Of a strong yellowish green.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Of a rich green colour.
  • n. Any of various green gemstones, especially a green transparent form of beryl, highly valued as a precious stone.
  • n. emerald green
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A precious stone of a rich green color, a variety of beryl. See beryl.
  • n. A kind of type, in size between minion and nonpare�l. It is used by English printers.
  • adj. Of a rich green color, like that of the emerald.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A variety of the mineral beryl, having a deep, clear green color, and when transparent highly prized as a gem.
  • n. The name in Great Britain of a size of printing-type, intermediate between minion (which is larger) and nonpareil (which is smaller), and measuring 138 lines to the foot. It is not used in the United States.
  • n. In entomology, one of several small green geometrid moths, as the grass emerald, Pseudoterpna pruinata, and the Essex emerald, Phorodesma smaragdaria.
  • Of a bright green, like emerald.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a green transparent form of beryl; highly valued as a gemstone
  • n. the green color of an emerald
  • n. a transparent piece of emerald that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
  • Equivalent
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    transparent gem    beryl    viridity    greenness    green    jewel    precious stone    gem   
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    beryl   
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    ruby    turquoise    amber    sapphire    golden    azure    pearl    orange    opal    blue-green