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