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GARNET

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of a group of hard glassy minerals (silicates of various metals) used as gemstones and as an abrasive

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Nouns denoting substances

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

mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)

transparent gem (a gemstone having the property of transmitting light without serious diffusion)

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

almandine; almandite (a deep red garnet consisting of iron aluminum silicate)

andradite (a garnet consisting of calcium iron silicate and having any color ranging from yellow and green to brown and black; used as gemstone)

carbuncle (deep-red cabochon garnet cut without facets)

cinnamon stone; essonite; hessonite (a garnet ranging in color from yellow to brown)

pyrope (a deep red garnet used as a gemstone)

rhodolite (a red or pink variety of garnet used as a gemstone)

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