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Word: Emerald
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English: from Old French e(s)meraud, ultimately via Latin from Greek (s)maragdos, via Prakrit from Semitic (compare with Hebrew bāreqeṯ, from bāraq ‘flash, sparkle’)
ˈɛm(ə)rəld
a bright green precious stone consisting of a chromium-rich variety of beryl
Short Definition:bright green precious stone
Examples:- an emerald necklace
a bright green colour
Short Definition:bright green colour
Examples:- the sea glistened in shades of emerald and jade
a slender-bodied green moth, the colour of which tends to fade as the moth ages.
Short Definition:green moth
a hawker dragonfly with a metallic green body.
Short Definition:dragonfly with green body
a small hummingbird with bright metallic green plumage and darker wings and tail, found mainly in the area of the Caribbean and Central America.
Short Definition:small hummingbird with green plumage
Word: Emerald
Speech Type: Adjective
ˈɛm(ə)rəld
bright green in colour
Short Definition:bright green in colour
Examples:- beyond the airport lay emerald hills
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