girasoln.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > composite flowers > sunflower
golden flower of Peru1578
Indian sun1578
girasola1586
flower of the sun1597
marigold of Peru1597
marigold sunflower1597
sunflower1597
turnsole1725
sun-seeker1847
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) i. sig. H5v With gazing looks, short sighs, vnsettled feet, He stood, but turn'd, as Girosol, to Sun.
2. A variety of opal which reflects a reddish glow in a bright light; called also fire-opal.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > opal > [noun] > varieties of
girasol1588
oculus mundi1661
eye of the world1730
hydrophane1784
cacholong1791
pitchstone1794
pyrophane1794
semi-opal1794
fire opal1811
sun opal1818
isopyre1827
alumocalcite1832
jasper-opal1843
opal jasper1848
resin opal1850
pitch opal1861
jasp-opal1868
opal-agate1868
harlequin1873
harlequin opal1887
wax-opal1896
potch1897
pinfire1902
moss opal1904
nobby1919
the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > tectosilicate > [noun] > quartz > amorphous quartz or opal > others
girasol1588
oculus mundi1661
hydrophane1784
cacholong1791
pitchstone1794
pyrophane1794
semi-opal1794
wood-stone1794
fire opal1811
wood-opal1816
sun opal1818
isopyre1827
jasper-opal1843
opal jasper1848
resin opal1850
natural glass1853
pitch opal1861
vitrite1866
jasp-opal1868
opal-agate1868
pearl opal1872
harlequin1873
harlequin opal1887
wax-opal1896
potch1897
moss opal1904
nobby1919
1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza Comm. Notable Thinges in tr. J. G. de Mendoza Hist. Kingdome of China 403 Diamonds, rubies, & other stones yt are called girasolis.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Girasole, a Girasole; or precious stone, of the kind of Opalls, that yeelds an eye-like luster, which way soeuer you turne it, vnlesse it be towards the sunne; for then it casts forth beames like the sunne.
1662 C. Merrett tr. A. Neri Art of Glass lxxiv Some..were of a fair Opal colour, and some of the Girasole.
1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 253 To this family (Oriental Sapphire) we may also annex the stone called Gyrasole.
1804 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 94 42 Girasol..I have long since adopted this word..to distinguish the substance to which Mr. Werner gives the general name of opal, and to which the Abbé Hauy gives the name of quartz resinite.
1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xxxiv. 309 In the midst of which, like a huge girasole, flashes the round sun.
1868 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 5) 198 Girasol. Bluish-white, translucent, with reddish reflections in a bright light.
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