margarite

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(mär′gə rīt′)

noun

Obsolete a pearl

Origin: OFr < L margarita: see Margaret

See margarite in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A rock formation that resembles beads, found in glassy igneous rocks.
  2. Archaic A pearl.

Origin:

Origin: Ultimately from Greek margarītēs, pearl

Origin: , probably of Iranian origin

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