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Meaning of gem

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  gem
      n 1: art highly prized for its beauty or perfection [syn: {gem},
           {treasure}]
      2: a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry;
         "he had the gem set in a ring for his wife"; "she had jewels
         made of all the rarest stones" [syn: {gem}, {gemstone},
         {stone}]
      3: a person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of
         jewelry [syn: {jewel}, {gem}]
      4: a sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan [syn: {muffin},
         {gem}]
      5: a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of
         jewelry [syn: {jewel}, {gem}, {precious stone}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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