EMERALD


Meaning of EMERALD in English

n. 1 a bright-green precious stone, a variety of beryl. 2 (also emerald green) the colour of this. Emerald Isle literary Ireland. emeraldine adj.

[ ME f. OF emeraude, esm-, ult. f. Gk smaragdos ]

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