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TURQUOISE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A shade of blue tinged with green
Synonyms:
aqua; aquamarine; cobalt blue; greenish blue; peacock blue; turquoise
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("turquoise" is a kind of...):
blue; blueness (blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A blue to grey green mineral consisting of copper aluminum phosphate
Example:
blue turquoise is valued as a gemstone
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("turquoise" is a kind of...):
mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)
opaque gem (a gemstone that is opaque)
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