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Definition of "smaragdine" []

  • Of or relating to emeralds. (adjective)
  • Having the color of emeralds. (adjective)
  • Emerald. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "smaragdine" in a sentence
  • "If the film you are watching is in color and features quirky kids striving to spell the word "smaragdine," you put the wrong DVD in your Netflix queue."
  • "On a transverse axis, vision reached from glittering blue across the Sea of Marmora to a mast-crowded Golden Horn and the rich suburbs and smaragdine heights beyond."
  • "There was a keyhole, plainly visible, but the key was doubtless drowned in the smaragdine depths of the unknown sea."
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