"growan" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: growans [plural]
Etymology: From Cornish growan (“gravel”). Compare Armorican grouan (“gravel”), Cornish grow (“gravel, sand”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|kw|growan|t=gravel}} Cornish growan (“gravel”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} growan (countable and uncountable, plural growans)
  1. (UK, mining) A decomposed granite, forming a mass of gravel, as in tin lodes in Cornwall. Tags: UK, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Mining

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