jade1

 
Pronunciation: /dʒeɪd/

noun

[mass noun]
  • a hard, typically green stone used for ornaments and implements and consisting of the minerals jadeite or nephrite: [as modifier]: a jade figurine
  • [count noun] an ornament made of jade.
  • (also jade green) a light bluish-green: a silk blouse in a vivid jade green

Origin:

late 16th century: from French le jade (earlier l'ejade), from Spanish piedra de ijada 'stone of the flank' (i.e. stone for colic, which it was believed to cure)