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CORNELIAN

Dictionary entry overview: What does cornelian mean?

• CORNELIAN (noun)
The noun CORNELIAN has 1 sense:

1. a translucent red or orange variety of chalcedony

Familiarity information: CORNELIAN used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CORNELIAN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A translucent red or orange variety of chalcedony

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

carnelian; cornelian

Hypernyms ("cornelian" is a kind of...):

calcedony; chalcedony (a milky or greyish translucent to transparent quartz)

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