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girasol
[ jir-uh-sawl, -sol ]
adjective
- (of a stone) translucent and bluish-white with reddish reflections under strong light; opalescent.
girasol
/ -ˌsəʊl; ˈdʒɪrəˌsɒl /
noun
- a type of opal that has a red or pink glow in bright light; fire opal
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Origin of girasol1
C16: from Italian, from girare to revolve (see gyrate ) + sole the sun, from Latin ō
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Harris tells us the name may have been a corruption of “girasol,” Italian for sunflower.
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From this girasol we have made Jerusalem, and from the Jerusalem artichoke we make Palestine soup.'
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Very learnedly then from William's lips fell the new vocabulary that had come to him with his latest treasures: chrysoprase, carnelian, girasol, onyx, plasma, sardonyx, lapis lazuli, tourmaline, chrysolite, hyacinth, and carbuncle.
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Yellow goldes: The sunflower, turnsol, or girasol, which turns with and seems to watch the sun, as a jealous lover his mistress.
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