"greenstone" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: greenstones [plural], green-stone [alternative]
Etymology: From green + stone. Etymology templates: {{com|en|green|stone}} green + stone Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} greenstone (countable and uncountable, plural greenstones)
  1. (archaeology) Any of several green-hued minerals used for making various artefacts in early Mesoamerican cultures, e.g. greenschist, chlorastrolite, serpentine, omphacite, or chrysoprase. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (minerals used for making early Mesoamerican artefacts): diabaso (Ido), gwyrddfaen [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-greenstone-en-noun-cC5-EWzE Categories (other): Archaeology, Entries with translation boxes, Rocks Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 45 55 Disambiguation of Rocks: 57 43 Topics: archaeology, history, human-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'minerals used for making early Mesoamerican artefacts': 75 25
  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). Tags: New-Zealand, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-greenstone-en-noun-Pgyjy1CE Categories (other): New Zealand English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: jade Translations (minerals used for Māori artefacts): diabaso (Ido), pounamu (Maori), gwyrddfaen [masculine] (Welsh)
Disambiguation of 'minerals used for Māori artefacts': 45 55

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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