"crown jewel" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: crown jewels [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} crown jewel (plural crown jewels)
  1. A prized possession or asset, originally one making up part of the royal regalia. Translations (prized possession): kronjuvelo (Esperanto), kruununjalokivi (Finnish), kronjuvel [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-crown_jewel-en-noun-raAGUmFD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'prized possession': 96 4
  2. (business) A valuable part of a company, especially one that is sought by another in a hostile takeover. Categories (topical): Business Translations (part of company): kruununjalokivi (Finnish), kronjuvel [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-crown_jewel-en-noun-RcH1nAad Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Topics: business Disambiguation of 'part of company': 27 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: crown jewels, Crown Jewels

Inflected forms

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