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.

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.