cairngorm

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Noun
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cairn=gorm

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun cairngorm has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

cairngorm,  [Gael. carn a cairn + gorm azure.].
     A smoky yellow or brown variety of rock crystal, or crystallized quartz, found especially, in the mountain of Cairngorm, in Scotland.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

cairngorm, n. a yellow or wine-coloured semi-precious form of quartz.

Etymology
found on Cairngorm, a mountain in Scotland f. Gael. carn gorm blue cairn

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