PERIDOT

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A pale green variety of chrysolite; used as a gemstone

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Nouns denoting substances

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

chrysolite (a brown or yellow-green olivine found in igneous and metamorphic rocks and used as a gemstone)

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

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