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green-sand

green-sand is the alternative form of greensand.

Meaning of greensand

Noun

greensand (countable and uncountable, plural greensands)

  1. A greenish sandstone containing glauconite.
    • The numerous beds of coarse Oolites, which in England in general occur below the lyas and greensand, are entirely wanting in Ireland: But this is the case also in the neighbourhood of Lime-Regis in Dorsetshire, which place affords an exact counterpart of the Irish series here described.1817 November, “Art. IV. Transactions of the Geological Society, Established November 1807. Vol. III. 4to. pp. 444. W. Phillips, London, 1816. [book review]”, in The Edinburgh Review, or Critical...

Forms of green-sand

pluralgreen-sands

Questions about green-sand

What is green-sand the alternative form of?
Green-sand is the alternative form of greensand.

Words near green-sand in the dictionary

  1. green-on-green
  2. green-peak
  3. green-peek
  4. green-room
  5. green-salted
  6. green-sand
  7. green-sands
  8. green-seal
  9. green-shave
  10. green-shaved
  11. green-shaves

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