onyx.
good yellowish marble; (prob. stalagmite limestone); (unguent) box/jar of this; multicolored gem; variety of quartz; kind of razor-shell clam; female scallop;
Meaning & usage
onyx (yellow marble)
a yellowish precious stone
the female of a mussel of the scallop species
Where this word comes from
From Ancient Greek ὄνῠξ (ónŭx, “nail”).
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