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green-stone

green-stone is the alternative form of greenstone.

Meaning of greenstone

Noun

greenstone (countable and uncountable, plural greenstones)

  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. (New Zealand) 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).

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Forms of green-stone

pluralgreen-stones

Questions about green-stone

What is green-stone the alternative form of?
Green-stone is the alternative form of greenstone.

Words near green-stone in the dictionary

  1. green-staining
  2. green-stains
  3. green-stall
  4. green-stalls
  5. green-staves
  6. green-stone
  7. green-stones
  8. green-striped
  9. green-striper
  10. green-stripers
  11. green-stuff

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