greenstone

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noun

Any of several green-hued minerals used for making various artefacts in early Mesoamerican cultures, e.g. greenschist, chlorastrolite, serpentine, omphacite, or chrysoprase.

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Meanings

greenstone1

noungreenstone (countable and uncountable, plural greenstones)

plural greenstones · alternative green-stone

  1. countableuncountablearchaeologyAny of several green-hued minerals used for making various artefacts in early Mesoamerican cultures, e.g. greenschist, chlorastrolite, serpentine, omphacite, or chrysoprase.
  2. New ZealandcountableuncountableThe 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).

Greenstone2

proper noun
  1. A surname.
  2. A municipality in Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada.

Origin

From green + stone.

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Translations

Māori pounamu
  • pounamuminerals used for Māori artefacts
Welsh gwyrddfaen, gwyrddfaen
  • gwyrddfaenminerals used for making early Mesoamerican artefacts
  • gwyrddfaenminerals used for Māori artefacts
Cite this entry
APA

greenstone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/greenstone

MLA

“greenstone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/greenstone. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “greenstone,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/greenstone.

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