Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PLE'O-NASTE
PLE'O-NASMPLE-O-NAS'TIC, or PLE-O-NAS'TIC-AL
PLE'O-NASTE, n. [Gr. πλεοναστος, abundant; from its four facets, sometimes found on each solid angle of the octahedron.]
A mineral, commonly considered as a variety of the spinelle ruby. [See Ceylonite.]
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