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greensands

greensands is the plural 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...

Questions about greensands

What is greensands the plural of?
Greensands is the plural of greensand.

Words near greensands in the dictionary

  1. Greens Creek
  2. Greens Norton
  3. greens out
  4. greens up
  5. greensand
  6. greensands
  7. greensauce
  8. greensauces
  9. Greensboro
  10. Greensborough
  11. Greensburg

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