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SAPPHIRINE

Dictionary entry overview: What does sapphirine mean?

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

1. a rare light blue or green mineral; consists of aluminum and magnesium silicate and occurs as small grains in some metamorphic rocks

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

• SAPPHIRINE (adjective)
The adjective SAPPHIRINE has 1 sense:

1. made of or resembling sapphire

Familiarity information: SAPPHIRINE used as an adjective is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SAPPHIRINE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A rare light blue or green mineral; consists of aluminum and magnesium silicate and occurs as small grains in some metamorphic rocks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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

mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)

• SAPPHIRINE (adjective)

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Meaning:

Made of or resembling sapphire

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

sapphire (a precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a gemstone)

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