ESSONITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does essonite mean? 

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

1. a garnet ranging in color from yellow to brown

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ESSONITE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A garnet ranging in color from yellow to brown

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

cinnamon stone; essonite; hessonite

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

garnet (any of a group of hard glassy minerals (silicates of various metals) used as gemstones and as an abrasive)