Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A leek-green mineral related to pyroxene: it occurs in the garnet rock called
eclogite . Also writtenomphazite .
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- noun mineralogy Any of a range of green,
monoclinic pyroxene minerals found ineclogites and similar rocks; they aresolid solutions ofjadeite anddiopside .
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek ὄμφαξ (omphax, "unripe fruit, especially grapes")
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