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smaragdine

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sma⋅rag⋅dine

  [smuh-rag-din]
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to emeralds.
2. emerald-green in color.
–noun
3. Rare. smaragd.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME: smaragd < L smaragdīnus < Gk smarágdinos, equiv. to smáragd(os) emerald + -inos -ine 1
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sma·rag·dine   (smə-rāg'dēn')   
adj.  

  1. Of or relating to emeralds.

  2. Having the color of emeralds.

n.  also sma·ragd (smə-rāgd', smār'āgd') Emerald.

[Middle English, from Latin smaragdinus, emerald-green, from Greek smaragdinos, from smaragdos, emerald.]
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