English Explanatory Dictionary

greenstone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several green-hued minerals used for making various artefacts in early Mesoamerican cultures, e.g. greenschist, chlorastrolite, serpentine, omphacite, or chrysoprase.
  2. The pounamu, the green-hued minerals of New Zealand used by the Māori to make tools, ornaments and weapons (any of three varieties of nephrite jade or one variety of bowenite).
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A municipality in Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada.

Word forms

greenstone greenstones green-stone

Etymology

From green + stone.

Related words

jade

Translations

Ido: diabaso Māori: pounamu Welsh: gwyrddfaen
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