aquamarine

UK /ˌæk.wə.məˈɹiːn/ US /ˌæk.wə.məˈɹiːn/
noun 2adj 1

Definitions

noun

1

The bluish-green colour of the sea.

2

A transparent bluish-green, sometimes yellow-green, variety of beryl.

Before we could embark on the details of his mother's health we were joined by a fair, plump woman of indefinite age, who had once been—and at moments still was—very pretty. She wore a simple black silk dress, perhaps in deference to Tilly's death, though the note of mourning was jarred by flamboyant aquamarine ear-rings and too much rouge.

adj

1

Of a bluish-green colour.

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