tur|quoise

tur|quoise
tur|quoise «TUR koyz, -kwoyz», noun, adjective.
–n.
1. a clear, soft blue or greenish-blue stone. Turquoise is semiprecious almost opaque or sometimes translucent. It consists of copper and hydrous phosphate of aluminum.
2. Also, turquoise blue. a sky blue or greenish blue, like that of the turquoise.
–adj.
sky-blue or greenish-blue.
[< Old French (pierre) turqueise Turkish (stone)]

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