Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See pounamu.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Min.) A variety of jade or nephrite, -- used in New Zealand for the manufacture of axes and weapons.

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  • noun greenstone

Etymologies

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Maori; see pounamu

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