Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
an olive-green sandstone containing glauconite;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Greensand \Green"sand`\ (-s[a^]nd`), n. (Geol.)
A variety of sandstone, usually imperfectly consolidated,
consisting largely of glauconite, a silicate of iron and
potash of a green color, mixed with sand and a trace of
phosphate of lime.
[1913 Webster]
Note: [hand]Greensand is often called marl, because it is a
useful fertilizer. The greensand beds of the American
Cretaceous belong mostly to the Upper Cretaceous.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
greensand
n 1: an olive-green sandstone containing glauconite