7 letters · 19 points in Scrabble
noun a red transparent variety of zircon used as a gemstone
originFrom Middle English jacynct, partly from Old French jacincte, and partly from Old English iacinþ, both from Medieval Latin jacintus, jacinthus, from Latin hyacinthus, from Ancient Greek ὑάκινθος (huákinthos). Doublet of hyacinth.
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