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单词 dendrachate
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dendrachate
dendrachate n.
Brit. /ˈdɛndrəkeɪt/
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U.S. /ˈdɛndrəˌkeɪt/
a variety of agate with tree-like markings. [ < classical Latin dendrachātēs (Pliny), probably < Byzantine Greek δενδραχάτης , although this is apparently first attested later (4th cent. a.d.) < ancient Greek δενδρο- dendro- comb. form + Hellenistic Greek ἀχάτης achate n.1; compare Middle French, French dendroachates (1584 in a translation of Pliny).]
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1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Dendrachates (Gr.), a kind of Agate-stone, the Veins and Spots of which resemble the Figures of Trees and Shrubs.]
1865 D. Page Handbk. Geol. Terms (ed. 2) 171 Dendrachate..moss-agate; agate exhibiting in its sections the forms or figures of vegetable growths.
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