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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Girasole \Gir"a*sole\ Girasol \Gir"a*sol\, n. [It. girasole, or
F. girasol, fr. L. gyrare to turn around + sol sun.]
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1. (Bot.) See Heliotrope. [Obs.]
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2. (Min.) A variety of opal which is usually milk white,
bluish white, or sky blue; but in a bright light it
reflects a reddish color.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Opal \O"pal\, n. [L. opalus: cf. Gr. ?, Skr. upala a rock,
stone, precious stone: cf. F. opale.] (Min.)
A mineral consisting, like quartz, of silica, but inferior to
quartz in hardness and specific gravity.
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Note: The precious opal presents a peculiar play of colors
of delicate tints, and is highly esteemed as a gem. One
kind, with a varied play of color in a reddish ground,
is called the harlequin opal. The fire opal has
colors like the red and yellow of flame. Common opal
has a milky appearance. Menilite is a brown impure
variety, occurring in concretions at Menilmontant, near
Paris. Other varieties are cacholong, girasol,
hyalite, and geyserite.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
girasol
n 1: an opal with flaming orange and yellow and red colors [syn:
fire opal]
2: tall perennial with hairy stems and leaves; widely
cultivated for its large irregular edible tubers [syn: Jerusalem
artichoke, Jerusalem artichoke sunflower, Helianthus
tuberosus]
From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
girasol
Ισπανικά n.
(ετ φυτό es) ο ηλίανθος
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
gira-sol
Catalan n.
sunflower
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
girasol
n.
A fire opal.
Portuguese n.
(obsolete spelling of pt girassol)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
girasol
n.
A fire opal.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
gira-sol
Catalan n.
sunflower
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
girasol
n.
A fire opal.
Portuguese n.
(obsolete spelling of pt girassol)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
gira-sol
Catalan n.
sunflower
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
girasol
n.
A fire opal.
Portuguese n.
(obsolete spelling of pt girassol)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
girasol
Espanja n.
auringonkukka
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
girasol
Spanska n.
(tagg kat=växter språk=es) solros
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
girasol /dʒˈɜːɹɐsˌɒl/
slunečnice topinambura
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
girasol /dʒˈɜːɹɐsˌɒl/
odrůda opálu
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
girasol /dʒˈɜːɹɐsˌɒl/
girasol
From français-Deutsch FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:fra-deu ]
girasol /ʒi.ʁa.sɔl/
Mondstein
Pierre précieuse
From Spanish - Asturian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:spa-ast ]
girasol /xˌiɾasˈol/
xirasol
From Spanish-German FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1 : [ freedict:spa-deu ]
girasol /xˌiɾasˈol/
Sonnenblume
From IPA:es_ES : [ IPA:es_ES ]
/xiɾasol/
From IPA:es_MX : [ IPA:es_MX ]
/xiɾasol/
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
n. 火蛋白石
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