n. a precious stone, a yellowish-green or brownish variety of olivine.
[ ME f. OF crisolite f. med.L crisolitus f. L chrysolithus f. Gk khrusolithos f. khrusos gold + lithos stone ]
n. a precious stone, a yellowish-green or brownish variety of olivine.
[ ME f. OF crisolite f. med.L crisolitus f. L chrysolithus f. Gk khrusolithos f. khrusos gold + lithos stone ]
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012