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Word: Girasol
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 16th century (in the sense ‘sunflower’): from French, or from Italian girasole, from girare ‘to turn’ + sole ‘sun’ (because the sunflower turns to follow the path of the sun)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈdʒɪrəsɒl
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a kind of opal reflecting a reddish glow.
Short Definition:kind of opal reflecting reddish glow
Variant Forms:
- girasole
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