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az⋅ure

  [azh-er]
–adjective
1. of or having a light, purplish shade of blue, like that of a clear and unclouded sky.
2. Heraldry. of the tincture or color blue.
–noun
3. the blue of a clear or unclouded sky.
4. a light, purplish blue.
5. Heraldry. the tincture or color blue.
6. the clear, cloudless sky.
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Origin:
1275–1325; ME asure < AF, OF, ult. alter. of Ar al lazuwar(d) (by misdividing the initial l together with the article) < Pers lāzhuward lapis lazuli
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az·ure   (āzh'ər)   
n.  

    1. A light purplish-blue.

    2. Heraldry The color blue.

  2. The blue sky.


[Middle English, from Old French azur, from Medieval Latin azura, from Arabic al-lāzaward, the azure : al-, the + lāzaward, azure (from Persian lājward, lapis lazuli).]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

azure 
c.1325, from O.Fr. azur, false separation of Arabic lazaward "lapis lazuli," as though the -l- were the French article l'. The Arabic name is from Pers. lajward, from Lajward, a place in Turkestan, mentioned by Marco Polo, where the stone was collected.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: azure
Pronunciation: 'azh-&r
Function: noun
: any of several dyes used as biological stains
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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azure az·ure (āzh'ər)
n.
Any of various dyes used in biological stains, especially for blood and nuclear staining.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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