greenstone (English, noun)
expansion: greenstone (countable and uncountable, plural greenstones)
Senses:
topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any of several green-hued minerals used for making various artefacts in early Mesoamerican cultures, e.g. greenschist, chlorastrolite, serpentine, omphacite, or chrysoprase.
tags: countable
uncountable
glosses: 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).
tags: New-Zealand
countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: greenstones
tags: plural
form: green-stone
tags: alternative