Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various altered basic igneous rocks colored green by chlorite, hornblende, or epidote.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name in New Zealand for several varieties of jade, specifically for pounamu or nephrite, found chiefly on the west coast of the Middle Island: formerly much used by the Maoris for weapons, implements, and ornaments.
- noun Any one of various rocks, of eruptive origin, in general older than the Tertiary, crystalline-granular in texture, and of a dark-greenish color.
- noun A very hard and close-textured stone used for putting the last edge on lancets and other delicate surgical instruments, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Geol.) A name formerly applied rather loosely to certain dark-colored igneous rocks, including diorite, diabase, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaeology any of several green-hued
minerals used for making variousartefacts in earlyMesoamerican cultures, e.g. greenschist, chlorastrolite,serpentine ,omphacite , orchrysoprase - noun New Zealand the green-hued minerals of
New Zealand used byMāori to maketools ,ornaments andweapons (any of three varieties ofnephrite jade or one variety ofbowenite )
Etymologies
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Examples
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The soils of the Marcassin vineyard are 18–24 inches of gravelly loam over highly fractured rock of marine volcanic origin, known as greenstone or basalt.
The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005
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The soils of the Marcassin vineyard are 18–24 inches of gravelly loam over highly fractured rock of marine volcanic origin, known as greenstone or basalt.
The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005
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The soils of the Marcassin vineyard are 18–24 inches of gravelly loam over highly fractured rock of marine volcanic origin, known as greenstone or basalt.
The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005
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The soils of the Marcassin vineyard are 18–24 inches of gravelly loam over highly fractured rock of marine volcanic origin, known as greenstone or basalt.
The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005
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The soils of the Marcassin vineyard are 18–24 inches of gravelly loam over highly fractured rock of marine volcanic origin, known as greenstone or basalt.
The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005
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The soils of the Marcassin vineyard are 18–24 inches of gravelly loam over highly fractured rock of marine volcanic origin, known as greenstone or basalt.
The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005
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The soils of the Marcassin vineyard are 18–24 inches of gravelly loam over highly fractured rock of marine volcanic origin, known as greenstone or basalt.
The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005
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The soils of the Marcassin vineyard are 18–24 inches of gravelly loam over highly fractured rock of marine volcanic origin, known as greenstone or basalt.
The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005
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The soils of the Marcassin vineyard are 18–24 inches of gravelly loam over highly fractured rock of marine volcanic origin, known as greenstone or basalt.
The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005
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The soils of the Marcassin vineyard are 18–24 inches of gravelly loam over highly fractured rock of marine volcanic origin, known as greenstone or basalt.
The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005
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