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
Her pretty lips laughed as she swam towards him, the sole atom in an immensity of chrysoprase.
From Love's Usuries by Louis Creswicke
The ancient stone was not improbably our chrysoberyl, and it is doubtful whether the modern chrysoprase was known until a comparatively late period.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various
It was a lovely day: the fogs were rolling off the water, and disclosed a sea of chrysoprase beneath.
From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 by Various
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
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