Topic: COLOURS
| Date: | 1500-1600 |
| Language: | French |
| Origin: | from early Spanish (piedra de la) ijada '(stone of the) lower back'; because it was believed that jade cures pain in the kidneys |
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jade
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[uncountable]1DCJ a hard, usually green stone often used to make jewellery :
a jade necklace
a jade necklace2 also jade greenCC the light green colour of jade
