cornelian

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From Old French corneline (French cornaline), from Medieval Latin cornus or cornum after the berry Cornus mas (cornelian cherry).

In September come grapes, apples, poppies of all colors, peaches, melocotones,[479] nectarines, cornelians,[480] wardens,[481] quinces. — Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients, Francis Bacon
The cornelian appeased anger, and the hyacinth provoked sleep, and the amethyst drove away the fumes of wine. — The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde
One feels how much he was attached to him, on reading those lines in which he thanks Eddleston for a cornelian heart he had sent him:-- THE CORNELIAN. — My Recollections of Lord Byron, Teresa, contessa di Guiccioli

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