Nephrite

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A white to dark green variety of jade, chiefly a metasilicate of iron, calcium, and magnesium.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A semi-precious stone, one of the two types of stone commonly referred to as jade, (the other being jadeite).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A hard compact mineral, of a dark green color, formerly worn as a remedy for diseases of the kidneys, whence its name; kidney stone; a kind of jade. It varies in color from white to dark green. It is the more common and less valuable variety of jade, the other being jadeite. Large deposits are found in Australia. Called also nephritic stone. See also jade.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A tough compact variety of amphibole (tremolite or actinolite), of a leek-green color, often found in rolled pieces: jade. It was formerly worn as a remedy for diseases of the kidneys. See jade.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an amphibole mineral consisting of calcium magnesium silicate in monoclinic crystalline form; a source of jade that is less valuable than from jadeite; once believed to cure kidney disorders
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    amphibole   
    Variant
    nephritic stone    jade   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    diorite    welivetogether    red-stone    qane    souple    jadeite    she-devil    peridot    much-prized    winterton