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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Turquoise

/tẽrk'-woiz/ · Tur·quoise · IPA /ˈtɝ.k(w)ɔɪz/
01 n. A hydrous phosphate of alumina containing a little copper; calaite. It has a blue, or bluish green, color, and usually occurs in reniform m…
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    A hydrous phosphate of alumina containing a little copper; calaite. It has a blue, or bluish green, color, and usually occurs in reniform masses with a botryoidal surface.(Min.)
02 a. Having a fine light blue color, like that of choice mineral turquoise.
  1. 1.
    Having a fine light blue color, like that of choice mineral turquoise.