English Explanatory Dictionary

sapphirine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A rare silicate of magnesium and aluminium (with iron as a major impurity), named for its sapphirelike colour.
adj
  1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling sapphire

Word forms

sapphirine sapphirines more sapphirine most sapphirine

Etymology

From sapphire + -ine.

Derived words

sapphirine gurnard
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