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Definition of: azure
(azh′ər, ā′zhər) adjective
1. Like the blue of the sky; sky-blue.
2. Like the clear sky; cloudless; spotless.
—noun
1. A clear sky-blue color or pigment.
2. Poetic The sky.
3. Her. Blue: represented in engraving by parallel horizontal lines. [<OF azur <Arabic al-lāzward <Persian lazhward lapis lazuli]
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