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BLOODSTONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bloodstone mean? 

BLOODSTONE (noun)
  The noun BLOODSTONE has 1 sense:

1. green chalcedony with red spots that resemble bloodplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


BLOODSTONE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Green chalcedony with red spots that resemble blood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

bloodstone; heliotrope

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

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


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