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/ˌɑkwəmərˈin/ Listen

Aquamarine

noun

A transparent variety of beryl that is blue green in color.

A shade of blue tinged with green. Synonyms: aqua, cobalt blue, greenish blue, peacock blue, turquoise.

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"Aquamarine" Quotes from Famous Books

... horizontal bands of aquamarine (top), gold, and aquamarine with a black equilateral triangle based ...

— The 1997 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... a purple that will vibrate, palpitating against the eye like the petal of a pansy in the sun). Well, you get your purple, and you get your green—not a sage-green, or an "art-green," but a cold, sharp green, like a leaf of parsley, an aquamarine, the tree in the "Eve" window at Fairford, grass in an orchard about sunset, or a ...

— Stained Glass Work - A text-book for students and workers in glass • C. W. Whall

... engagement ring, a little aquamarine breastpin, gift of the groom, a gold band bracelet, and after some hesitation her wedding ring, she placed in an envelope in the now empty top dresser drawer, scribbling across it, "Valuable." She pried it open again ...

— Star-Dust • Fannie Hurst

Words linked to "Aquamarine" : blueness, aqua, greenish blue, beryl, turquoise, peacock blue, transparent gem, blue