1.
[syn: Ceylonite, pleonaste]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pleonaste \Ple"o*naste\, n. [Gr.? abundant, rich; cf. F.
pl['e]onaste.] (Min.)
A black variety of spinel.
[1913 Webster] Pleonastic
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ceylanite \Cey"lan*ite\, n. [F., fr. Ceylan Ceylon.] (Min.)
A dingy blue, or grayish black, variety of spinel. It is also
called pleonaste. [Written also ceylonite.]
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pleonaste
n 1: a dark-colored spinel containing iron [syn: Ceylonite,
pleonaste]