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prase

 (prāz)
n.
A light green or light grayish-green variety of translucent chalcedony.

[French, from Latin prasius, from Greek prasios, leek-green; see praseodymium.]
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prase

(preɪz)
n
(Minerals) a light green translucent variety of chalcedony
[C14: from French, from Latin prasius a leek-green stone, from Greek prasios, from prason a leek]
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Prase is a specialist audio and visual distributor with a strong heritage in the solution driven professional audio market where the business operates with high-end specialist brands, such as Shure and Biamp.
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