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Word: Greisen
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 19th century: from German, probably a dialect word, from greis ‘grey with age’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈɡrʌɪz(ə)n
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a light-coloured rock containing quartz, mica, and fluorine-rich minerals, resulting from the alteration of granite by hot vapour from magma.
Short Definition:light-coloured rock containing quartz, mica, and fluorine-rich minerals, resulting from alteration of granite by hot vapour
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