CAIRNGORM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cairngorm mean? 

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

1. a smoky yellow or brown quartz

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAIRNGORM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A smoky yellow or brown quartz

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

cairngorm; smoky quartz

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

quartz (a hard glossy mineral consisting of silicon dioxide in crystal form; present in most rocks (especially sandstone and granite); yellow sand is quartz with iron oxide impurities)