English Explanatory Dictionary

growan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A decomposed granite, forming a mass of sandy gravel, found in tin lodes in Cornwall.

Word forms

growan growans

Etymology

From Cornish growan (“gravel”). Compare Armorican grouan (“gravel”), Cornish grow (“gravel, sand”).

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