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girasol

[ jir-uh-sawl, -sol ]

noun

  1. an opal that reflects light in a bright luminous glow.


adjective

  1. (of a stone) translucent and bluish-white with reddish reflections under strong light; opalescent.

girasol

/ -ˌsəʊl; ˈdʒɪrəˌsɒl /

noun

  1. a type of opal that has a red or pink glow in bright light; fire opal
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of girasol1

1580–90; < Italian, equivalent to gira ( re ) to turn ( girandole ) + sole the sun; parasol
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yvlog History and Origins

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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