AGATE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony; used as a gemstone and for making mortars and pestles

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("agate" is a kind of...):

calcedony; chalcedony (a milky or greyish translucent to transparent quartz)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "agate"):

moss agate (an agate resembling moss with brown, black, or green markings)

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