Usually means: Color-changing gemstone, rare and valuable.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word alexandrite:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. alexandrite: Merriam-Webster
  2. alexandrite: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. alexandrite: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. alexandrite: Collins English Dictionary
  5. alexandrite: Vocabulary.com
  6. Alexandrite, alexandrite: Wordnik
  7. alexandrite: Wiktionary
  8. alexandrite: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. alexandrite: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. alexandrite: Dictionary.com
  11. Alexandrite: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. alexandrite: Rhymezone
  13. Alexandrite: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  14. alexandrite: FreeDictionary.org
  15. alexandrite: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. alexandrite: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. alexandrite: Merriam-Webster

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Beading Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. alexandrite: Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ALEXANDRITE: The Mineral Gallery

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. alexandrite: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. GLOSSARY OF JEWELRY-RELATED TERMS (No longer online)
  2. IndyGem Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (alexandrite)

noun:  (mineralogy) A form of chrysoberyl that displays a colour change dependent upon the light source, along with strong pleochroism.

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