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Brazil'ian em'erald




1. a green variety of tourmaline used as a gem: not a true emerald.
2. a pale yellowish-green beryl too light to be classified as a true emerald.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

brazileinBrazilian firecracker
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