chrysoprase

American  

[kris-uh-preyz] / ˈkrɪs əˌpreɪz /

noun

Mineralogy.

1. a green variety of chalcedony, sometimes used as a gem.

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chrysoprase British  

/ ˈkrɪsəˌpreɪz /

noun

1. an apple-green variety of chalcedony: a gemstone

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Etymology

Origin of chrysoprase

1250–1300; Middle English < Latin chrȳsoprasus < Greek chrȳsóprasos, equivalent to chrȳso- chryso- + prás ( on ) leek + -os noun suffix

Example Sentences

He turned parkas and anoraks and bathrobes into entrance-making opera cloaks in ruby, shocking pink and chrysoprase.

From New York Times • Jul. 10, 2021

The chrysoprase of the moderns is certainly not the chrysoprasius of Pliny, or the χρυσόπρασος of Greek writers.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various

Some of them—those of jade, chrysoprase, and nephrite***—must have been imported, these minerals never having been found in Japan.

From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)

There lies a sweep of emerald grass turned to chrysoprase by the slant-beamed sun,—chrysoprase beautiful enough to have been the tenth foundation-stone of John's apocalyptic heaven.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864 by Various

There were clouds of pearl above hills of chrysoprase.

From Pipefuls by Morley, Christopher