berylline

adj, noun — 3 senses

berylline

adj

Etymology From beryl + -ine.

1

Beryl-like; having a light blue-green colour.

He held out his leg so that I could examine the shackle about his ankle. His berylline flesh was swollen about it, as I have seen the bark of a tree swollen that had grown through an iron ring.1981, Gene Wolfe, chapter III, in The Claw of the Conciliator (The Book of the New Sun; 2), New York: Timescape, →ISBN, page 28:

Derived terms: berylline hummingbird

berylline

noun

Etymology From beryl + -ine.

1

The berylline color.

2

berylline hummingbird

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