English Explanatory Dictionary

cacholong

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An opaque or milk-white chalcedony, a variety of quartz.
  2. A similar variety of opal.

Word forms

cacholong cacholongs

Etymology

From French cacholong, said to be from Cach (“the name of a river in Bukhara”) + Kalmyk чолун (çolun, “stone”).

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