BALAS

balas, balas ruby

(noun) a pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

balas (plural balases)

(archaic, now, mostly, attributive) A type of rose-coloured spinel once thought to be a form of ruby.

Anagrams

• Ba'als, Baals, Baʿals, LABAs, albas, baals, balsa, basal, blaas, laabs, sabal

Source: Wiktionary



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