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hyaline (adj.)

"glassy; made of glass; transparent," 1660s, from Latin hyalinus, from Greek hyalinos "of glass or crystal," from hyalos "glass" (see hyalo-).

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Definitions of hyaline from WordNet
1
hyaline (n.)
a glassy translucent substance that occurs in hyaline cartilage or in certain skin conditions;
Synonyms: hyalin
2
hyaline (adj.)
resembling glass in transparency or translucency; "the morning is as clear as diamond or as hyaline"-Sacheverell Sitwell;
Synonyms: hyaloid
From wordnet.princeton.edu