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As a noun prasine is

(obsolete) a green gem; an emerald.

As an adjective prasine is

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prasine

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A green gem; an emerald.
  • (obsolete) A type of green pigment.
  • (mineralogy) Pseudomalachite.
  • * 1864 , Chemical News , 5 Nov 1864:
    • It is possible that just as chrysocolla is silicated malachite, so prasine is phosphated malachite; the physical appearance of these minerals strongly confirms this view.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • * 1969 , Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor , Penguin 2011, p. 284:
    • He recalled, in passing, the sweetness in his lap, her round little bottom, her prasine eyes as she turned toward him and the receding road.

    See also

    * leek ----