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SAPPHIRINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sapphirine mean? 

SAPPHIRINE (noun)
  The noun SAPPHIRINE has 1 sense:

1. a rare light blue or green mineral; consists of aluminum and magnesium silicate and occurs as small grains in some metamorphic rocksplay

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


SAPPHIRINE (adjective)
  The adjective SAPPHIRINE has 1 sense:

1. made of or resembling sapphireplay

  Familiarity information: SAPPHIRINE used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SAPPHIRINE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A rare light blue or green mineral; consists of aluminum and magnesium silicate and occurs as small grains in some metamorphic rocks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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

mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)


SAPPHIRINE (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Made of or resembling sapphire

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

sapphire (a precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a gemstone)


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