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Variety of chalcedony
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prase
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n. (context mineralogy English) A variety of cryptocrystalline of a leek-green colour.
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Prase \Prase\, n. [L. prasius, fr. Gr. ? of a leek-green, fr. Gr. ? a leek: cf. F. prase.] (Min.) A variety of cryptocrystalline of a leek-green color.
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Praše is a village on the right bank of the Sava River in the Municipality of Kranj in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia . It lies west of Lake Trboje , the reservoir of the Mavčiče Hydroelectric Plant on the Sava River.
Usage examples of prase.
So did he take fruit of every color, never suspecting that the red ones might be rubies, carbuncles, hyacinths, corals, or camelians, nor the white ones diamonds, pearls, nacre, or moonstones, nor the green ones emeralds, beryls, jade, prase, or aquamarine, not to mention those many varieties of blue, violet, yellow, and various unknown colors and the fact that they might be sapphires, lapis, turquoise, amethysts, jaspers, topaz, amber, agates, opals, hematite, tourmaline, peridot, and chrysoprase.
Color went swiftly out of it: greenstone to apple jade, jade into chrysoprase, prase into beryl spume.
So my dear wife I hope to meet you In paradase to prase god for ever .