Jadeite

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jadeite \Jade"ite\, n. (Min.)
     See {Jade}, the stone.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  jadeite
       n : a hard green mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate
           in monoclinic crystalline form; a source of jade; found
           principally in Burma