MOONSTONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does moonstone mean? 

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

1. a transparent or translucent gemstone with a pearly luster; some specimens are orthoclase feldspar and others are plagioclase feldspar

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOONSTONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A transparent or translucent gemstone with a pearly luster; some specimens are orthoclase feldspar and others are plagioclase feldspar

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Nouns denoting substances

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

feldspar; felspar (any of a group of hard crystalline minerals that consist of aluminum silicates of potassium or sodium or calcium or barium)

transparent gem (a gemstone having the property of transmitting light without serious diffusion)