chrysoprase
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of chrysoprase
1250–1300; Middle English < Latin chrȳsoprasus < Greek chrȳsóprasos, equivalent to chrȳso- chryso- + prás ( on ) leek + -os noun suffix
Example Sentences
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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
Shining purple and vivid red, the glow of opal and the sheen of pearl, all the glory of chalcedony and chrysoprase formed a single wonder in the red glare of burning fungus.
From The Mad Planet by Leinster, Murray
And, over all the riot of colour, that shimmering chrysoprase so tenderly luminous—might it not fitly veil the splendours of paradise?
From The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance by Service, Robert W. (Robert William)
Everything that's best of grass and clouds and chrysoprase.
From Hortus Inclusus Messages from the Wood to the Garden, Sent in Happy Days to the Sister Ladies of the Thwaite, Coniston by Ruskin, John
There was clouds of pearl above hills of chrysoprase.
From The Sea and the Jungle by Tomlinson, H. M. (Henry Major)
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