Recent Examples on the WebSo would a dry riesling from Alsace or a smaragd from the Wachau region of Austria.—New York Times, 28 June 2021
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English smaragde, from Latin smaragdus, from Greek smaragdos, of Semitic origin; akin to Akkadian barraqtu gemstone
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