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Chrysoprase

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Noun
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chrys=o=prase

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Chrysoprase has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

Chrysoprasen. [OE. crisopace, OF. crisoprace, F. chrysoprase, L. chrysoprasus, fr. Gr. ; chryso`s gold + leek.].
     An apple-green variety of chalcedony, colored by nickel. It has a dull flinty luster, and is sometimes used in jewelry.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Chrysoprase, n.
1 an apple-green variety of chalcedony containing nickel and used as a gem.
2 (in the New Testament) prob. a golden-green variety of beryl.

Etymology
ME f. OF crisopace f. L chrysopassus var. of L chrysoprasus f. Gk khrusoprasos f. khrusos gold + prason leek
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