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Variant of jade

jade definition

jade (jād)

noun

  1. any of various hard greenish gems used in jewelry and artistic carvings, including jadeite and nephrite
  2. a green color of medium hue

Etymology: Fr < Sp (piedra de) ijada, (stone of) the side, loin < VL *iliata < L ilia, pl. of ileum (see ileum): from the notion that it cured pains in the side

adjective

  1. made of jade
  2. green like jade

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