peridot
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ɪˌdoʊ, -ˌdɒt noun Mineralogy.
a green transparent variety of olivine, used as a gem.
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| —n | |
| a pale green transparent variety of the olivine chrysolite, used as a gemstone | |
| [C14: from Old French peritot, of unknown origin] | |
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Peridot
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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Room are individually decorated and are named for different gemstones, such as amethyst, peridot and garnet.
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