CARNELIAN
Dictionary entry overview: What does carnelian mean? • CARNELIAN (noun)
The noun CARNELIAN has 1 sense:
1. a translucent red or orange variety of chalcedony
Familiarity information: CARNELIAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CARNELIAN (noun)
Meaning:
A translucent red or orange variety of chalcedony
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
carnelian; cornelian
Hypernyms ("carnelian" is a kind of...):
calcedony; chalcedony (a milky or greyish translucent to transparent quartz)
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