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GREENSAND

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

• GREENSAND (noun)

Sense 1

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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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