moss agate

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   an agate resembling moss with brown, black, or green markings

   Broaderagate

Questions about moss agate

What does moss agate mean?

moss agate means "an agate resembling moss with brown, black, or green markings".

Is moss agate a common word?

moss agate is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.