"bloodstone" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bloodstones [plural]
Etymology: From blood + stone, from the fact that the red inclusions in the stone resemble blood. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|blood|stone|notext=1|type=exocentric}} blood + stone Head templates: {{en-noun}} bloodstone (plural bloodstones)
  1. A green chalcedony that is sprinkled with red spots or veins of hematite. Categories (topical): Gems Synonyms: heliotrope Translations (green chalcedony sprinkled with red spots or veins of hematite): heliotropi [masculine] (Catalan), 血滴石 (xuèdīshí) (Chinese Mandarin), 血石 (xuèshí) (Chinese Mandarin), 血石髓 (xuèshísuǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 血玉髓 (xuèyùsuǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), verikivi (Finnish), heliotrooppi (Finnish), pierre de sang [feminine] (French), héliotrope [feminine] (French), cloch fhola [feminine] (Irish), 혈석 (hyeolseok) (Korean), heliotropium [neuter] (Latin), хелиотро́п (heliotróp) [masculine] (Macedonian), سنگ جهودان (sang-e johudân) (Persian), سنگ خون (sang-e xun) (Persian), heliotrop [masculine] (Polish), heliotropo [masculine] (Portuguese), heliotrópio [masculine] (Portuguese), heliotrop [neuter] (Romanian), гелиотро́п (geliotróp) [masculine] (Russian), крова́вик (krovávik) [masculine] (Russian), heliotropo [masculine] (Spanish), heliotrop [common-gender] (Swedish), alakeka (Tagalog), dugumbato (Tagalog), геліотро́п (heliotróp) [masculine] (Ukrainian), đá máu (Vietnamese), gwaedfaen [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-bloodstone-en-noun-fpPke20W Disambiguation of Gems: 56 44 Disambiguation of 'green chalcedony sprinkled with red spots or veins of hematite': 61 39
  2. Hematite. Categories (topical): Minerals
    Sense id: en-bloodstone-en-noun-X-pBiHia Disambiguation of Minerals: 36 64 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English exocentric compounds Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 28 72 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 27 73 Disambiguation of English exocentric compounds: 44 56

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