amethyst
Kelime Anlamı :

1. ametist,ametist taşı.
2. mor kuvars.
3. mor yakut.
4. ametist tasi.
5. mortaş.
6. mor renkte bir çeşit kuvars.
7. ametist.
Tanımlar :
1. A purple or violet form of transparent quartz used as a gemstone.
2. A purple variety of corundum used as a gemstone.
3. A moderate purple to grayish reddish purple.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. A transparent purple variety of quartz, used as a gemstone.
2. A purple colour.
3. the purple tincture when emblazoning the arms of the english nobility.
4. having a colour similar to that of the gemstone
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1. A variety of crystallized quartz, of a purple or bluish violet color, of different shades. it is much used as a jeweler's stone.
2. A purple color in a nobleman's escutcheon, or coat of arms.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1. A violet-blue or purple variety of quartz, the color being perhaps due to the presence of peroxid of iron.
2. in heraldry, the color purple when described in blazoning a nobleman's escutcheon. see tincture.
3. the name of a humming-bird, Calliphlox amethystina.
4. A trade-name for certain artificial dyes of the azine class, as tetramethyl safranine and tetra-amyl safranine.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1. of a moderate purple color
2. a transparent purple variety of quartz; used as a gemstone
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.