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CORNELIAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cornelian mean?
• CORNELIAN (noun)
The noun CORNELIAN has 1 sense:
1. a translucent red or orange variety of chalcedony
Familiarity information: CORNELIAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A translucent red or orange variety of chalcedony
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
carnelian; cornelian
Hypernyms ("cornelian" is a kind of...):
calcedony; chalcedony (a milky or greyish translucent to transparent quartz)
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