Greenstone

name, noun

name, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of several green-hued minerals used for making various artefacts in early Mesoamerican cultures, e.g. greenschist, chlorastrolite, serpentine, omphacite, or chrysoprase. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    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). New-Zealand, countable, uncountable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    A municipality in Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada.

Etymology

From green + stone.

Related phrases

new zealand

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