peridot
oxford
views updated Jun 08 2018peridot Gem variety of transparent green
olivine, a silicate mineral. Large crystals are found on St John's Island in the
Red Sea and in
Burma (
Myanmar).
World Encyclopedia
peridot
oxford
views updated May 29 2018per·i·dot / ˈperiˌdät/ •
n. a green semiprecious variety of olivine.
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
peridot
oxford
views updated May 29 2018peridot †chrysolite XIV; the variety called olivine XVII. ME.
peritot — OF.
peritot (mod.
-dot), of which there are several vars.; of unkn. orig.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD
