citrine

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  1. noun A pale yellow variety of crystalline quartz resembling topaz.
  2. noun A light to moderate olive.

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  • One can mistake cut and polished chrysoberyl for citrine (yellow quartz), diamond, glass, or zircon. —  The Lore of Gloranthan Gems and Near-Gems by Martin R. Crim Part II
  • The acid; spitters left him alone; the quartz; eaters ignored him as they browsed contentedly on fields of citrine and chalcedony. —  Sentenced To Prism
  • The other socket had been filled with a large cabachon citrine which sparkled piss-yellow in the glow-bulb light. —  The Time of the Transference
  • Looking up and down the coast, where a citrine house lay concealed by curving cliffs, Flinx reflected that Challis should be arriving there soon from his offices in the capital. —  Orphan Star
  • Clearest of all the dimly perceived features were the dragon's eyes, bulbous citrine orbs cut by deep crimson slits: whip-scar pupils. —  The Metrognome and other Stories
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English, reddish yellow, from Old French citrin, from Medieval Latin citrīnus, from Latin citrus, citron tree.

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  1. from Middle English citrine, from Old French citrin = Spanish citrino, cetrino = Portuguese Italian citrino, from Middle Latin citrinus, lemon-colored, from Latin citrus, a lemon or citron: see citrus.
 

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/ˈsɪtrɪn/
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