euphotide
English
editEtymology
editAncient Greek εὐ- (eu-, “well”) + φῶς (phôs, “light”). So called because of its pleasing combination of white and green.
Noun
editeuphotide (plural euphotides)
- (mineralogy) A rock occurring in the Alps, consisting of saussurite and smaragdite.
Synonyms
editPart or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “euphotide”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)