Emerald vs Emeralds - What's the difference?
emerald | emeralds |
Of a rich green colour.
* Byron
Any of various green gemstones, especially a green transparent form of beryl, highly valued as a precious stone.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2012-03
, author=Lee A. Groat
, title=Gemstones
, volume=100, issue=2, page=128
, magazine=(American Scientist)
Emerald green, a colour.
(dated, UK, printing) A kind of type, in size between minion and nonpareil.
As a proper noun emerald
is a town in queensland, australia.As a noun emeralds is
.emerald
English
(wikipedia emerald)Adjective
(en adjective)- The insect-queen of eastern spring, / O'er emerald meadows of Kashmeer / Invites the young pursuer near, / And leads him on from flower to flower / A weary chase and wasted hour.
Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are diamond, ruby and sapphire, emerald and other gem forms of the mineral beryl, chrysoberyl, tanzanite, tsavorite, topaz and jade.}}