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AQUAMARINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A shade of blue tinged with green
Synonyms:
aqua; aquamarine; cobalt blue; greenish blue; peacock blue; turquoise
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("aquamarine" is a kind of...):
blue; blueness (blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A transparent variety of beryl that is blue green in color
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("aquamarine" is a kind of...):
beryl (the chief source of beryllium; colored transparent varieties are valued as gems)
transparent gem (a gemstone having the property of transmitting light without serious diffusion)
