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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a green andradite used as a gemstone

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: German, from obsolete German Demant diamond, from Middle High German diemant, from Old French diamant — more at diamond Date: circa 1890 a green variety of garnet used as a gem

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a lustrous green garnet. Etymology: G

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Demantoid De*man"toid, n. [G. demant diamond + -oid.] (Min.) A yellow-green, transparent variety of garnet found in the Urals. It is valued as a gem because of its brilliancy of luster, whence the name.