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GREENSAND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does greensand mean?
• GREENSAND (noun)
The noun GREENSAND has 1 sense:
1. an olive-green sandstone containing glauconite
Familiarity information: GREENSAND used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An olive-green sandstone containing glauconite
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("greensand" is a kind of...):
sandstone (a sedimentary rock consisting of sand consolidated with some cement (clay or quartz etc.))
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