emeralds

We have found lemma(root) word of emeralds : emerald.

Definitions


[ˈɛm(ə)rəld], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a bright green precious stone consisting of a chromium-rich variety of beryl
(e.g: an emerald necklace)

- a bright green colour
(e.g: the sea glistened in shades of emerald and jade)

- a slender-bodied green moth, the colour of which tends to fade as the moth ages

- a hawker dragonfly with a metallic green body

- a small hummingbird with bright metallic green plumage and darker wings and tail, found mainly in the area of the Caribbean and Central America


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Origin:
Middle English: from Old French e(s)meraud, ultimately via Latin from Greek (s)maragdos, via Prakrit from Semitic (compare with Hebrew bāreqeṯ, from bāraq ‘flash, sparkle’)


[ˈɛm(ə)rəld], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- bright green in colour
(e.g: beyond the airport lay emerald hills)


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Origin:
Middle English: from Old French e(s)meraud, ultimately via Latin from Greek (s)maragdos, via Prakrit from Semitic (compare with Hebrew bāreqeṯ, from bāraq ‘flash, sparkle’)




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