PERIDOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does peridot mean? 

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

1. a pale green variety of chrysolite; used as a gemstone

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERIDOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A pale green variety of chrysolite; used as a gemstone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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

chrysolite (a brown or yellow-green olivine found in igneous and metamorphic rocks and used as a gemstone)

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