berylline

English

Etymology

From beryl +‎ -ine.

Adjective

berylline (comparative more berylline, superlative most berylline)

1. Beryl-like; having a light blue-green colour.
   • 1981, Gene Wolfe, chapter III, in The Claw of the Conciliator (The Book of the New Sun; 2), New York: Timescape, →ISBN, page 28:

     He held out his leg so that I could examine the shackle about his ankle. His berylline flesh was swollen about it, as I have seen the bark of a tree swollen that had grown through an iron ring.

Derived terms

• berylline hummingbird

Noun

berylline (countable and uncountable, plural beryllines)

1. (countable and uncountable) The berylline color.
2. (countable) berylline hummingbird