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
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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
But at a much earlier date the Silesian chrysoprase was used for mural decoration at the Wenzel chapel at Prague.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various
You fling aside from your arms, as worthless, amethyst and emerald and chrysoprase.
From Around The Tea-Table by T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt) Talmage
The yielding phrase Ye shape Is clay, not chrysoprase.
From Collected Poems Volume One by Alfred Noyes
Much commercial chrysoprase is chalcedony artificially stained by impregnation with a green salt of nickel.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various
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