Canadian English Meaning of ruby

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Definitions and Meaning of ruby in English

Wordnet

ruby (n)

a transparent piece of ruby that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem

a transparent deep red variety of corundum; used as a gemstone and in lasers

a deep and vivid red color

Wordnet

ruby (s)

of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

Webster

ruby (n.)

A precious stone of a carmine red color, sometimes verging to violet, or intermediate between carmine and hyacinth red. It is a red crystallized variety of corundum.

The color of a ruby; carmine red; a red tint.

That which has the color of the ruby, as red wine. Hence, a red blain or carbuncle.

See Agate, n., 2.

Any species of South American humming birds of the genus Clytolaema. The males have a ruby-colored throat or breast.

Webster

ruby (a.)

Ruby-colored; red; as, ruby lips.

Webster

ruby (v. t.)

To make red; to redden.

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ruby

a transparent piece of ruby that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem, a transparent deep red variety of corundum; used as a gemstone and i

bloodred,carmine,crimson,Red,reddish,sanguine,Bloodstained,gory,incarnadine,sanguine

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rubus ursinus loganobaccus => loganberry, rubus ursinus => Native Raspberry, rubus trivialis => Blackberry, rubus strigosus => Raspberry, rubus spectabilis => California blackberry,