chrysoprase

[ kris-uh-preyz ]

nounMineralogy.
  1. a green variety of chalcedony, sometimes used as a gem.

Origin of chrysoprase

1
1250–1300; Middle English <Latin chrȳsoprasus<Greek chrȳsóprasos, equivalent to chrȳso-chryso- + prás(on) leek + -os noun suffix

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chrysoprase

/ (ˈkrɪsəˌpreɪz) /


noun
  1. an apple-green variety of chalcedony: a gemstone

Origin of chrysoprase

1
C13 crisopace, from Old French, from Latin chrӯsoprasus, from Greek khrusoprasos, from chryso- + prason leek

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