Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
cornelian . - Pertaining to or resembling cornel.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) Same as
carnelian .
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- noun mineralogy Alternative form of
carnelian .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a translucent red or orange variety of chalcedony
Etymologies
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Examples
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[Footnote 1: The cornelian was a present from his friend Edleston, a
Byron's Poetical Works, Volume 1 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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Inside, she had created a series of corridors, one after the other, leading to the heart of the building—a white-marble-paved room set with exquisite pietra dura inlay of agates, sard, jade, and cornelian, gleaming marble walls, and a raised cenotaph in the center.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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A broad path followed the stone wall that surrounded them, encompassed by a low hedge of cornelian cherry trees and rose, gooseberry, and current bushes.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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A broad path followed the stone wall that surrounded them, encompassed by a low hedge of cornelian cherry trees and rose, gooseberry, and current bushes.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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A broad path followed the stone wall that surrounded them, encompassed by a low hedge of cornelian cherry trees and rose, gooseberry, and current bushes.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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Inside, she had created a series of corridors, one after the other, leading to the heart of the building—a white-marble-paved room set with exquisite pietra dura inlay of agates, sard, jade, and cornelian, gleaming marble walls, and a raised cenotaph in the center.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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Inside, she had created a series of corridors, one after the other, leading to the heart of the building—a white-marble-paved room set with exquisite pietra dura inlay of agates, sard, jade, and cornelian, gleaming marble walls, and a raised cenotaph in the center.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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A broad path followed the stone wall that surrounded them, encompassed by a low hedge of cornelian cherry trees and rose, gooseberry, and current bushes.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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Hence Bonvesin points out in passing that cornelian cherries are good for menstrual pain, that hyssop relieves catarrh, and that pomegranates combat fever.
Delizia! John Dickie 2008
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For March, there come violets, specially the single blue, which are the earliest; the yellow daffodil; the daisy; the almond – tree in blossom; the peach – tree in blossom; the cornelian – tree in blossom; sweet – briar.
The Essays 2007
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