WATER SAPPHIRE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A deep blue cordierite often used as a gemstone

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("water sapphire" is a kind of...):

cordierite (a blue mineral of magnesium and iron and aluminum and silicon and oxygen; often used as a gemstone)

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

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