girasol

American  

[jir-uh-sawl, -sol] / ˈdʒɪr əˌsɔl, -ˌsɒl /

Also girasole

noun

1. an opal that reflects light in a bright luminous glow.

2. Jerusalem artichoke.

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adjective

1. (of a stone) translucent and bluish-white with reddish reflections under strong light; opalescent.

girasol British  

/ -ˌsəʊl, ˈdʒɪrəˌsɒl /

noun

1. a type of opal that has a red or pink glow in bright light; fire opal

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Etymology

Origin of girasol

1580–90; < Italian, equivalent to gira ( re ) to turn ( girandole ) + sole the sun; parasol

Example Sentences

Yellow goldes: The sunflower, turnsol, or girasol, which turns with and seems to watch the sun, as a jealous lover his mistress.

From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing

Very learnedly then from William's lips fell the new vocabulary that had come to him with his latest treasures: chrysoprase, carnelian, girasol, onyx, plasma, sardonyx, lapis lazuli, tourmaline, chrysolite, hyacinth, and carbuncle.

From Miss Billy by Porter, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman)

From this girasol we have made Jerusalem, and from the Jerusalem artichoke we make Palestine soup.'

From Gryll Grange by Peacock, Thomas Love