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Jewstone

{

Jew’s-stoneˊ

,

Jew′stoneˊ

}
,
Noun.
(Paleon.)
A large clavate spine of a fossil sea urchin.

Definition 2024


jewstone

jewstone

English

Alternative forms

  • Jew's stone

Noun

jewstone (plural jewstones)

  1. A fossil of a spine of a sea urchin, once used in the Middle East as a medicine