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MOSS AGATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does moss agate mean?
• MOSS AGATE (noun)
The noun MOSS AGATE has 1 sense:
1. an agate resembling moss with brown, black, or green markings
Familiarity information: MOSS AGATE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An agate resembling moss with brown, black, or green markings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("moss agate" is a kind of...):
agate (an impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony; used as a gemstone and for making mortars and pestles)
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