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AGATE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
An impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony; used as a gemstone and for making mortars and pestles
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("agate" is a kind of...):
calcedony; chalcedony (a milky or greyish translucent to transparent quartz)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "agate"):
moss agate (an agate resembling moss with brown, black, or green markings)
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