( n. )
A precious stone of a carmine red color, sometimes verging to violet, or intermediate between carmine and hyacinth red. It is a red crystallized variety of corundum.
( n. )
A precious stone of a carmine red color, sometimes verging to violet, or intermediate between carmine and hyacinth red. It is a red crystallized variety of corundum.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012