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noun
The seed of gold; an alchemical means of creating gold.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable
Topics: alchemy, pseudoscience
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Sunlight, which turns the world golden.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: poetic, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Ancient Greek χρυσός (khrusós, “gold”) + σπέρμα (spérma, “seed, semen”), equivalent to chryso- + sperm.
