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GREISEN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does greisen mean?
• GREISEN (noun)
The noun GREISEN has 1 sense:
1. a granitic rock composed of quartz and mica
Familiarity information: GREISEN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A granitic rock composed of quartz and mica
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("greisen" is a kind of...):
rock; stone (material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust)
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