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essonite
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun essonite has 1 sense
- essonite(n = noun.substance) cinnamon stone, hessonite - a garnet ranging in color from yellow to brown; Array is a kind of garnet
CIDE DICTIONARY
essonite, n. [Named from Gr. inferior, because not so hard as some minerals it resembles, e. g. , hyacinth.].
Cinnamon stone, a variety of garnet. See Garnet. [1913 Webster]
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