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prase

  [preyz]
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–noun Mineralogy.
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
Origin:
1350–1400; < F < L prasius leek-green stone < Gk prásios leek-green, deriv. of práson leek; r. ME prassius < L, as above
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prase   (prāz)   
n.  A light green or light grayish-green variety of translucent chalcedony.

[French, from Latin prasius, from Greek prasios, leek-green; see praseodymium.]
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