prase

[ preyz ]

nounMineralogy.
  1. a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.

Origin of prase

1
1350–1400; <French <Latin prasius leek-green stone <Greek prásios leek-green, derivative of práson leek; replacing Middle English prassius<Latin, as above

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prase

/ (preɪz) /


noun
  1. a light green translucent variety of chalcedony

Origin of prase

1
C14: from French, from Latin prasius a leek-green stone, from Greek prasios, from prason a leek

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