| 词汇 | turquoise |
| 词源 | turquoise. This blue or green gem was mined in Persia in medieval times and shipped through Turkey to Europe. Europe- ans, however, believed it to be mined in Turkey and the French called it la pierre turquoise (“the Turkish stone”), which soon became simply turquoise. |
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