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   tur·quoise

   /ˈtərˌk(w)oiz/

   noun

   • 1. a greenish-blue color: "the turquoise waters of the bay"
   • 2. a semiprecious stone, typically opaque and of a greenish-blue or sky-blue color, consisting of a hydrated hydroxyl phosphate of copper and aluminum.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French turqueise ‘Turkish (stone)’.

   Scrabble Points: 18

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