n.1 a bright-green precious stone, a variety of beryl.
2 (also emerald green) the colour of this.
Phrases and idioms:
Emerald Isle literary Ireland.
Derivatives:
emeraldine adj.
Etymology: ME f. OF emeraude, esm-, ult. f. Gk smaragdos
n.1 a bright-green precious stone, a variety of beryl.
2 (also emerald green) the colour of this.
Phrases and idioms:
Emerald Isle literary Ireland.
Derivatives:
emeraldine adj.
Etymology: ME f. OF emeraude, esm-, ult. f. Gk smaragdos
Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012