Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A pale yellow variety of crystalline quartz resembling topaz.
- noun A light to moderate olive.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of a lemon-color; yellow or greenish-yellow; specifically, of a color differing from yellow only in its greatly reduced chroma and somewhat reduced luminosity. Also citrean, citrinous.
- Pertaining to the genus Citrus; having the characters of or resembling the citron, lemon, lime, or orange.
- noun Citron-color. See extract.
- noun A yellow pellucid variety of quartz.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A yellow, pellucid variety of quartz.
- adjective Like a citron or lemon; of a lemon color; greenish yellow.
- adjective (Med.) a yellowish mercurial ointment, the
unguentum hydrargyri nitratis .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A goldish-yellow colour, like that of a lemon.
- noun A
brownish -yellow quartz - adjective Of a goldish-yellow colour
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun semiprecious yellow quartz resembling topaz
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Yellow quartz is sometimes known as citrine; when the quartz presents a pale brown tint it is called "smoky quartz"; and when the brown is so deep that the stone appears almost black it is termed morion.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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Do you happen to know where to get full-on bright lemon yellow curtains specifically Kelly Wearstler "citrine" yellow if possible?
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Explaining the mineral contents of this mosaic, Rose said, "the red is garnet, blue is turquoise, the lighter blue are crystals of calcite, the black is a very rare marble ... and the name of the marble is Orca, and her hair is made with California white quartz and citrine which is yellow quarts."
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Photographs by Kurt Wilberding Marco Bicego Jaipur bangle crafted in 18-karat yellow gold with citrine and mother-of-pearl, $890, and Jaipur bangle crafted in 18-karat yellow gold with citrine and blue topaz, $890 each, Saks, 877-551-7257
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Photographs by Kurt Wilberding Kara Ross raw citrine necklace, $11,700, Kararossny. com
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Lalique's flora and fauna are everywhere—nude feminine figures with insect wings on a necklace, a lizard lorgnette, an ivy and clover hatpin, swans here, wheat sheaves there, a pair of white peacocks with multicolor tails standing on a heart-shaped citrine.
A Display of Lalique's Beauty Judy Fayard 2011
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She might also tell me to do something new (and so be renewed?), such as ride my bike to Camaret and give my new friend Liliane a jam jar of jardin jewels: those ruby and sapphire and citrine splendors in the garden.
Savoir Vivre 2010
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Photographs by Kurt Wilberding David Yurman large oval citrine and 18-karat-gold rings, $2,150 each, David Yurman Townhouse, 212-752-4255
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She might also tell me to do something new (and so be renewed?), such as ride my bike to Camaret and give my new friend Liliane a jam jar of jardin jewels: those ruby and sapphire and citrine splendors in the garden.
inspiration 2010
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Photographs by Kurt Wilberding Tamsen Z 60-inch necklace made from citrine briolettes, $11,600, Tamsen Z, 212-360-7840
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