noun plural
: lands usually held by a federal government as public lands and valuable for deposits of metals and other minerals (as marble, slate, petroleum, asphalt, and guano)
noun plural
: lands usually held by a federal government as public lands and valuable for deposits of metals and other minerals (as marble, slate, petroleum, asphalt, and guano)
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012