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es·so·nite (es′ə nīt′)

noun

a dark-brown kind of garnet

Etymology: < Gr hēssōn, inferior (i.e., to real hyacinth) + -ite

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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