"greenstone" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: greenstones [plural]
Etymology: green + stone Etymology templates: {{compound|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 Categories (topical): Archaeology Translations (minerals used for making early Mesoamerican artefacts): diabaso (Ido), gwyrddfaen [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-greenstone-en-noun-dDlMMcR2 Topics: archaeology, history, human-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'minerals used for making early Mesoamerican artefacts': 73 27
  2. (New Zealand) pounamu, the green-hued minerals of New Zealand used by Māori to make tools, ornaments and weapons (any of three varieties of nephrite jade or one variety of bowenite) Tags: New-Zealand, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Rocks Translations (minerals used for Māori artefacts): diabaso (Ido), pounamu (Maori), gwyrddfaen [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-greenstone-en-noun-B33pjGtU Disambiguation of Rocks: 42 58 Categories (other): New Zealand English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 34 66 Disambiguation of 'minerals used for Māori artefacts': 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: jade

Inflected forms

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