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greenstone

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A surname.
  2. Any of several green-hued minerals used for making various artefacts in early Mesoamerican cultures, e.g. greenschist, chlorastrolite, serpentine, omphacite, or chrysoprase.
  3. A municipality in Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada.
  4. 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).
    New-Zealand, countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Cymraeggwyrddfaen
Ελληνικάνεφρίτης
Te Reo Māoripounamupounemu

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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