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Audio Help [green] Pronunciation Key adjective, -er, -est, noun, verb | 1. | of the color of growing foliage, between yellow and blue in the spectrum: green leaves. |
| 2. | covered with herbage or foliage; verdant: green fields. |
| 3. | characterized by the presence of verdure. |
| 4. | made of green vegetables, as lettuce, spinach, endive, or chicory: a green salad. |
| 5. | not fully developed or perfected in growth or condition; unripe; not properly aged: This peach is still green. |
| 6. | unseasoned; not dried or cured: green lumber. |
| 7. | immature in age or judgment; untrained; inexperienced: a green worker. |
| 8. | simple; unsophisticated; gullible; easily fooled. |
| 9. | fresh, recent, or new: an insult still green in his mind. |
| 10. | having a sickly appearance; pale; wan: green with fear; green with envy. |
| 11. | full of life and vigor; young: a man ripe in years but green in heart. |
| 12. | environmentally sound or beneficial: green computers. |
| 13. | (of wine) having a flavor that is raw, harsh, and acid, due esp. to a lack of maturity. |
| 14. | freshly slaughtered or still raw: green meat. |
| 15. | not fired, as bricks or pottery. |
| 16. | (of cement or mortar) freshly set and not completely hardened. |
| 17. | Foundry.
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| 18. | a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm; found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing, of some fruits while ripening, and of the sea. |
| 19. | Art. a secondary color that has been formed by the mixture of blue and yellow pigments. |
| 20. | green coloring matter, as paint or dye. |
| 21. | green material or clothing: to be dressed in green. |
| 22. | greens,
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| 23. | grassy land; a plot of grassy ground. |
| 24. | a piece of grassy ground constituting a town or village common. |
| 25. | Also called putting green. Golf. the area of closely cropped grass surrounding each hole. |
| 26. | bowling green. |
| 27. | a shooting range for archery. |
| 28. | Informal. green light (def. 1). |
| 29. | Slang. money; greenbacks (usually prec. by the): I'd like to buy a new car but I don't have the green. |
| 30. | (initial capital letter) a member of the Green party (in Germany). |
| 31. | to become or make green. |
| 32. | Informal. to restore the vitality of: Younger executives are greening corporate managements. |
| 33. | read the green, to inspect a golf green, analyzing its slope and surface, so as to determine the difficulties to be encountered when putting. |
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Audio Help [green] Pronunciation Key | 1. | Henrietta Howland Robinson (“Hetty”), 1835–1916, U.S. financier. |
| 2. | Henry (Henry Vincent Yorke), 1905–73, English novelist. |
| 3. | John Richard, 1837–83, English historian. |
| 4. | Julian, 1900–1998, French writer, born in U.S. |
| 5. | Paul Eliot, 1894–1981, U.S. playwright, novelist, and teacher. |
| 6. | William, 1873–1952, U.S. labor leader: president of the A.F.L. 1924–52. |
| 7. | a river flowing S from W Wyoming to join the Colorado River in SE Utah. 730 mi. (1175 km) long. |
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| a town in SW Wyoming. 12,807. |
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n.
adj. green·er, green·est
tr. & intr.v. greened, green·ing, greens To make or become green. [Middle English grene, from Old English grēne; see ghrē- in Indo-European roots. N., sense 7 translation of German (die) Grünen, (the) Greens, from grün, green.] green'ly adv., green'ness n. |
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| Green, William 1873-1952.
American labor leader who as president of the American Federation of Labor (1924-1952) led the struggle with the Congress of Industrial Organizations after the two unions split (1936). |
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| green | |
adjective | |
| 1. | of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass; "a green tree"; "green fields"; "green paint" |
| 2. | concerned with or supporting or in conformity with the political principles of the Green Party |
| 3. | not fully developed or mature; not ripe; "unripe fruit"; "fried green tomatoes"; "green wood" [ant: mature] |
| 4. | looking pale and unhealthy; "you're looking green"; "green around the gills" |
| 5. | naive and easily deceived or tricked; "at that early age she had been gullible and in love" [syn: fleeceable] |
noun | |
| 1. | green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass |
| 2. | a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area; "they went for a walk in the park" [syn: park] |
| 3. | United States labor leader who was president of the American Federation of Labor from 1924 to 1952 and who led the struggle with the Congress of Industrial Organizations (1873-1952) |
| 4. | an environmentalist who belongs to the Green Party |
| 5. | a river that rises in western Wyoming and flows southward through Utah to become a tributary of the Colorado River |
| 6. | an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course; "the ball rolled across the green and into the bunker" |
| 7. | any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables [syn: greens] |
| 8. | street names for ketamine [syn: K] |
verb | |
| 1. | turn or become green; "The trees are greening" |
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In addition to the idioms beginning with green, also see grass is always greener.
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Green
A language proposed by Cii Honeywell-Bull to meet the DoD Ironman requirements which led to Ada. This language won in 1979.
["On the GREEN Language Submitted to the DoD", E.W. Dijkstra, SIGPLAN Notices 13(10):16-21 (Oct 1978)].
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Village Green-Green Ridge, PA (CDP, FIPS 80218) Location: 39.86390 N, 75.42486 W
Population (1990): 9026 (3276 housing units)
Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Green City, MO (city, FIPS 29134) Location: 40.26568 N, 92.95705 W
Population (1990): 671 (340 housing units)
Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 63545
Green Road, KY Zip code(s): 40946
Green River, WY (city, FIPS 33740) Location: 41.51585 N, 109.46787 W
Population (1990): 12711 (4521 housing units)
Area: 29.0 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 82935
Green River, UT (city, FIPS 31670) Location: 38.98155 N, 110.08988 W
Population (1990): 866 (384 housing units)
Area: 32.4 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 84525
Green Ridge, MO (town, FIPS 29332) Location: 38.62019 N, 93.40980 W
Population (1990): 452 (177 housing units)
Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 65332
Green Pond, SC Zip code(s): 29446
Green Forest, AR (city, FIPS 28600) Location: 36.33613 N, 93.42906 W
Population (1990): 2050 (919 housing units)
Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 72638
Green Hall, KY Zip code(s): 41328
Green Park, PA Zip code(s): 17031
Green Rock, IL (city, FIPS 31485) Location: 41.47486 N, 90.36362 W
Population (1990): 2615 (934 housing units)
Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 61241
Green Lane, PA (borough, FIPS 31088) Location: 40.33578 N, 75.47062 W
Population (1990): 442 (171 housing units)
Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 18054
Green Island, NY (village, FIPS 30521) Location: 42.74777 N, 73.69260 W
Population (1990): 2490 (1141 housing units)
Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 12183
Green Isle, MN (city, FIPS 25658) Location: 44.67815 N, 94.00619 W
Population (1990): 239 (109 housing units)
Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 55338
Green Castle, MO Zip code(s): 63544
Green Lake, WI (city, FIPS 31300) Location: 43.84268 N, 88.95570 W
Population (1990): 1064 (622 housing units)
Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 54941
Green Valley, IL (village, FIPS 31563) Location: 40.40643 N, 89.64245 W
Population (1990): 745 (267 housing units)
Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 61534
Green Springs, OH (village, FIPS 32256) Location: 41.25710 N, 83.05370 W
Population (1990): 1446 (506 housing units)
Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 44836
Green Spring, WV Zip code(s): 26722
Green Village, NJ Zip code(s): 07935
Green Bank, WV Zip code(s): 24944
Green Bay, VA Zip code(s): 23942
Green Sea, SC Zip code(s): 29545
Green Brook, NJ Zip code(s): 08812
Green Valley, AZ (CDP, FIPS 29710) Location: 31.84854 N, 111.00977 W
Population (1990): 13231 (10047 housing units)
Area: 57.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 85614
Green Bay, WI (city, FIPS 31000) Location: 44.52160 N, 87.98975 W
Population (1990): 96466 (39726 housing units)
Area: 113.5 sq km (land), 27.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 54302, 54311, 54313
Green Meadows, OH (CDP, FIPS 32207) Location: 39.86875 N, 83.94433 W
Population (1990): 2526 (941 housing units)
Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Green Oaks, IL (village, FIPS 31446) Location: 42.30175 N, 87.91516 W
Population (1990): 2101 (664 housing units)
Area: 8.3 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Green Valley, MD (CDP, FIPS 35412) Location: 39.34360 N, 77.24517 W
Population (1990): 9424 (2895 housing units)
Area: 53.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Green Spring, KY (city, FIPS 32986) Location: 38.31689 N, 85.61446 W
Population (1990): 768 (265 housing units)
Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Green Tree, PA (borough, FIPS 31256) Location: 40.41847 N, 80.05526 W
Population (1990): 4905 (1969 housing units)
Area: 5.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Green County, WI (county, FIPS 45) Location: 42.68227 N, 89.60170 W
Population (1990): 30339 (12087 housing units)
Area: 1512.7 sq km (land), 1.5 sq km (water)
Green Island, IA (city, FIPS 32880) Location: 42.15461 N, 90.32242 W
Population (1990): 54 (33 housing units)
Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Green Hill, TN (CDP, FIPS 31100) Location: 36.23480 N, 86.57092 W
Population (1990): 6763 (2369 housing units)
Area: 10.0 sq km (land), 1.3 sq km (water)
Green Hills, PA (borough, FIPS 31082) Location: 40.11564 N, 80.30878 W
Population (1990): 21 (9 housing units)
Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Green Haven, MD (CDP, FIPS 34975) Location: 39.13670 N, 76.54011 W
Population (1990): 14416 (5067 housing units)
Area: 8.3 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)
Green Acres, WA (CDP, FIPS 28520) Location: 47.66355 N, 117.16095 W
Population (1990): 4626 (1775 housing units)
Area: 8.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Green Camp, OH (village, FIPS 31948) Location: 40.53283 N, 83.20797 W
Population (1990): 393 (157 housing units)
Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Green County, KY (county, FIPS 87) Location: 37.25880 N, 85.55448 W
Population (1990): 10371 (4523 housing units)
Area: 747.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Green Sulphur Sp, WV Zip code(s): 25966
Green Cove Sprin, FL Zip code(s): 32043
Tom Green County, TX (county, FIPS 451) Location: 31.40964 N, 100.45712 W
Population (1990): 98458 (40135 housing units)
Area: 3942.5 sq km (land), 47.8 sq km (water)
Green Cove Springs, FL (city, FIPS 27400) Location: 29.98973 N, 81.67885 W
Population (1990): 4497 (1819 housing units)
Area: 16.5 sq km (land), 6.8 sq km (water)
Green Mountain Falls, CO (town, FIPS 32650) Location: 38.93415 N, 105.01967 W
Population (1990): 663 (554 housing units)
Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Green Lake County, WI (county, FIPS 47) Location: 43.80766 N, 89.04423 W
Population (1990): 18651 (9202 housing units)
Area: 917.6 sq km (land), 67.7 sq km (water)
Green, KS (city, FIPS 28425) Location: 39.43027 N, 96.99997 W
Population (1990): 150 (64 housing units)
Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 67447
Green Harbor-Cedar Crest, MA (CDP, FIPS 27147) Location: 42.07474 N, 70.65979 W
Population (1990): 2205 (1038 housing units)
Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
Green, OH (village, FIPS 31664) Location: 40.94765 N, 81.48648 W
Population (1990): 3553 (1236 housing units)
Area: 7.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Green, OR (CDP, FIPS 30750) Location: 43.14921 N, 123.38222 W
Population (1990): 5076 (1807 housing units)
Area: 14.5 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
Bowling Green, KY (city, FIPS 8902) Location: 36.97370 N, 86.44124 W
Population (1990): 40641 (17501 housing units)
Area: 75.0 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 42103, 42104
Hazel Green, WI (village, FIPS 33500) Location: 42.53432 N, 90.43561 W
Population (1990): 1171 (449 housing units)
Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 53811
Spring Green, WI (village, FIPS 76025) Location: 43.17563 N, 90.06714 W
Population (1990): 1283 (522 housing units)
Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 53588
Hazel Green, AL (CDP, FIPS 33808) Location: 34.92362 N, 86.56721 W
Population (1990): 2208 (825 housing units)
Area: 26.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 35750
West Green, GA Zip code(s): 31567
Matfield Green, KS (city, FIPS 45150) Location: 38.15866 N, 96.56345 W
Population (1990): 33 (23 housing units)
Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 66862
Level Green, PA Zip code(s): 15085
Bowling Green, MO (city, FIPS 7660) Location: 39.33896 N, 91.19557 W
Population (1990): 2976 (1328 housing units)
Area: 5.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 63334
Bowling Green, OH (city, FIPS 7972) Location: 41.37645 N, 83.64946 W
Population (1990): 28176 (8964 housing units)
Area: 20.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 43402
Bowling Green, VA (town, FIPS 8888) Location: 38.04978 N, 77.35101 W
Population (1990): 727 (302 housing units)
Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 22427
Bowling Green, IN Zip code(s): 47833
Etna Green, IN (town, FIPS 21502) Location: 41.27811 N, 86.04625 W
Population (1990): 578 (243 housing units)
Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 46524
Fountain Green, UT (city, FIPS 26720) Location: 39.62769 N, 111.63856 W
Population (1990): 578 (223 housing units)
Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Clarks Green, PA (borough, FIPS 13864) Location: 41.49967 N, 75.69562 W
Population (1990): 1603 (606 housing units)
Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Lakeside Green, FL (CDP, FIPS 38835) Location: 26.73875 N, 80.11468 W
Population (1990): 2994 (1398 housing units)
Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Kendall Green, FL (CDP, FIPS 36112) Location: 26.26685 N, 80.12272 W
Population (1990): 3815 (1915 housing units)
Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Valley Green, PA (CDP, FIPS 79638) Location: 40.15719 N, 76.79297 W
Population (1990): 3017 (1072 housing units)
Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Village Green, NY (CDP, FIPS 77513) Location: 43.13330 N, 76.31344 W
Population (1990): 4198 (2095 housing units)
Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Bowling Green, FL (city, FIPS 7775) Location: 27.63729 N, 81.82381 W
Population (1990): 1836 (681 housing units)
Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Piney Green, NC (CDP, FIPS 52260) Location: 34.75443 N, 77.32162 W
Population (1990): 8999 (3561 housing units)
Area: 35.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
| U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau |
Green
Grass\, n. [OE. gras, gres, gers, AS, gr[ae]s, g[ae]rs; akin to OFries. gres, gers, OS., D., G., Icel., & Goth. gras, Dan. gr[ae]s, Sw. gr[aum]s, and prob. to E. green, grow. Cf. Graze.]1. Popularly: Herbage; the plants which constitute the food of cattle and other beasts; pasture. 2. (Bot.) An endogenous plant having simple leaves, a stem generally jointed and tubular, the husks or glumes in pairs, and the seed single. Note: This definition includes wheat, rye, oats, barley, etc., and excludes clover and some other plants which are commonly called by the name of grass. The grasses form a numerous family of plants. 3. The season of fresh grass; spring. [Colloq.] Two years old next grass. --Latham. 4. Metaphorically used for what is transitory. Surely the people is grass. --Is. xl. 7. Note: The following list includes most of the grasses of the United States of special interest, except cereals. Many of these terms will be found with definitions in the Vocabulary. See Illustrations in Appendix. Barnyard grass, for hay. South. Panicum Grus-galli. Bent, pasture and hay. Agrostis, several species. Bermuda grass, pasture. South. Cynodon Dactylon. Black bent. Same as Switch grass (below). Blue bent, hay. North and West. Andropogon provincialis. Blue grass, pasture. Poa compressa. Blue joint, hay. Northwest. Aqropyrum glaucum. Buffalo grass, grazing. Rocky Mts., etc. (a) Buchlo["e] dectyloides. (b) Same as Grama grass (below). Bunch grass, grazing. Far West. Eriocoma, Festuca, Stips, etc. Chess, or Cheat, a weed. Bromus secalinus, etc. Couch grass. Same as Quick grass (below). Crab grass, (a) Hay, in South. A weed, in North. Panicum sanguinale. (b) Pasture and hay. South. Eleusine Indica. Darnel (a) Bearded, a noxious weed. Lolium temulentum. (b) Common. Same as Rye grass (below). Drop seed, fair for forage and hay. Muhlenbergia, several species. English grass. Same as Redtop (below). Fowl meadow grass. (a) Pasture and hay. Poa serotina. (b) Hay, on moist land. Gryceria nervata. Gama grass, cut fodder. South. Tripsacum dactyloides. Grama grass, grazing. West and Pacific slope. Bouteloua oligostachya, etc. Great bunch grass, pasture and hay. Far West. Festuca scabrella. Guinea grass, hay. South. Panicum jumentorum. Herd's grass, in New England Timothy, in Pennsylvania and South Redtop. Indian grass. Same as Wood grass (below). Italian rye grass, forage and hay. Lolium Italicum. Johnson grass, grazing aud hay. South and Southwest. Sorghum Halepense. Kentucky blue grass, pasture. Poa pratensis. Lyme grass, coarse hay. South. Elymus, several species. Manna grass, pasture and hay. Glyceria, several species. Meadow fescue, pasture and hay. Festuca elatior. Meadow foxtail, pasture, hay, lawn. North. Alopecurus pratensis. Meadow grass, pasture, hay, lawn. Poa, several species. Mesquite, or Muskit grass. Same as Grama grass (above). Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed. Muhlenbergia diffsa. Orchard grass, pasture and hay. Dactylis glomerata. Porcupine grass, troublesome to sheep. Northwest. Stipa spartea. Quaking grass, ornamental. Briza media and maxima. Quitch, or Quick, grass, etc., a weed. Agropyrum repens. Ray grass. Same as Rye grass (below). Redtop, pasture and hay. Agrostis vulgaris. Red-topped buffalo grass, forage. Northwest. Poa tenuifolia. Reed canary grass, of slight value. Phalaris arundinacea. Reed meadow grass, hay. North. Glyceria aquatica. Ribbon grass, a striped leaved form of Reed canary grass. Rye grass, pasture, hay. Lolium perenne, var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work, etc. North. Hierochloa borealis. Sesame grass. Same as Gama grass (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native in Northern Europe and Asia. Festuca ovina. Small reed grass, meadow pasture and hay. North. Deyeuxia Canadensis. Spear grass, Same as Meadow grass (above). Squirrel-tail grass, troublesome to animals. Seacoast and Northwest. Hordeum jubatum. Switch grass, hay, cut young. Panicum virgatum. Timothy, cut young, the best of hay. North. Phleum pratense. Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. Holcus lanatus. Vernal grass, pasture, hay, lawn. Anthoxanthum odoratum. Wire grass, valuable in pastures. Poa compressa. Wood grass, Indian grass, hay. Chrysopogon nutans. Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not true grasses botanically considered, such as black grass, goose grass, star grass, etc. Black grass, a kind of small rush (Juncus Gerardi), growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay. Grass of the Andes, an oat grass, the Arrhenatherum avenaceum of Europe. Grass of Parnassus, a plant of the genus Parnassia growing in wet ground. The European species is P. palustris; in the United States there are several species. Grass bass (Zo["o]l.), the calico bass. Grass bird, the dunlin. Grass cloth, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the grass-cloth plant. Grass-cloth plant, a perennial herb of the Nettle family (B[oe]hmeria nivea or Urtica nivea), which grows in Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and strong fibers suited for textile purposes. Grass finch. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A common American sparrow (Po["o]c[ae]tes gramineus); -- called also vesper sparrow and bay-winged bunting. (b) Any Australian finch, of the genus Po["e]phila, of which several species are known. Grass lamb, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land and giving rich milk. Grass land, land kept in grass and not tilled. Grass moth (Zo["o]l.), one of many small moths of the genus Crambus, found in grass. Grass oil, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in India from grasses of the genus Andropogon, etc.; -- used in perfumery under the name of citronella, ginger grass oil, lemon grass oil, essence of verbena etc. Grass owl (Zo["o]l.), a South African owl (Strix Capensis). Grass parrakeet (Zo["o]l.), any of several species of Australian parrots, of the genus Euphemia; -- also applied to the zebra parrakeet. Grass plover (Zo["o]l.), the upland or field plover. Grass poly (Bot.), a species of willowwort (Lythrum Hyssopifolia). --Johnson. Crass quit (Zo["o]l.), one of several tropical American finches of the genus Euetheia. The males have most of the head and chest black and often marked with yellow. Grass snake. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The common English, or ringed, snake (Tropidonotus natrix). (b) The common green snake of the Northern United States. See Green snake, under Green. Grass snipe (Zo["o]l.), the pectoral sandpiper (Tringa maculata); -- called also jacksnipe in America. Grass spider (Zo["o]l.), a common spider (Agelena n[ae]via), which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous when covered with dew. Grass sponge (Zo["o]l.), an inferior kind of commercial sponge from Florida and the Bahamas. Grass table. (Arch.) See Earth table, under Earth. Grass vetch (Bot.), a vetch (Lathyrus Nissolia), with narrow grasslike leaves. Grass widow. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G. strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr["a]senka a grass widow.] (a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.] (b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her husband. [Slang.] Grass wrack (Bot.) eelgrass. To bring to grass (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the surface of the ground. To put to grass, To put out to grass, to put out to graze a season, as cattle.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Green
Green\, a. [Compar. Greener; superl. Greenest.] [OE. grene, AS. gr?ne; akin to D. groen, OS. gr?ni, OHG. gruoni, G. gr?n, Dan. & Sw. gr?n, Icel. gr?nn; fr. the root of E. grow. See Grow.]1. Having the color of grass when fresh and growing; resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emerald. 2. Having a sickly color; wan. To look so green and pale. --Shak. 3. Full of life aud vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent; as, a green manhood; a green wound. As valid against such an old and beneficent government as against . . . the greenest usurpation. --Burke. 4. Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green fruit, corn, vegetables, etc. 5. Not roasted; half raw. [R.] We say the meat is green when half roasted. --L. Watts. 6. Immature in age or experience; young; raw; not trained; awkward; as, green in years or judgment. I might be angry with the officious zeal which supposes that its green conceptions can instruct my gray hairs. --Sir W. Scott. 7. Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as, green wood, timber, etc. --Shak. Green brier (Bot.), a thorny climbing shrub (Emilaz rotundifolia) having a yellowish green stem and thick leaves, with small clusters of flowers, common in the United States; -- called also cat brier. Green con (Zo["o]l.), the pollock. Green crab (Zo["o]l.), an edible, shore crab (Carcinus menas) of Europe and America; -- in New England locally named joe-rocker. Green crop, a crop used for food while in a growing or unripe state, as distingushed from a grain crop, root crop, etc. Green diallage. (Min.) (a) Diallage, a variety of pyroxene. (b) Smaragdite. Green dragon (Bot.), a North American herbaceous plant (Aris[ae]ma Dracontium), resembling the Indian turnip; -- called also dragon root. Green earth (Min.), a variety of glauconite, found in cavities in amygdaloid and other eruptive rock, and used as a pigment by artists; -- called also mountain green. Green ebony. (a) A south American tree (Jacaranda ovalifolia), having a greenish wood, used for rulers, turned and inlaid work, and in dyeing. (b) The West Indian green ebony. See Ebony. Green fire (Pyrotech.), a composition which burns with a green flame. It consists of sulphur and potassium chlorate, with some salt of barium (usually the nitrate), to which the color of the flame is due. Green fly (Zo["o]l.), any green species of plant lice or aphids, esp. those that infest greenhouse plants. Green gage, (Bot.) See Greengage, in the Vocabulary. Green gland (Zo["o]l.), one of a pair of large green glands in Crustacea, supposed to serve as kidneys. They have their outlets at the bases of the larger antenn[ae]. Green hand, a novice. [Colloq.] Green heart (Bot.), the wood of a lauraceous tree found in the West Indies and in South America, used for shipbuilding or turnery. The green heart of Jamaica and Guiana is the Nectandra Rodi[oe]i, that of Martinique is the Colubrina ferruginosa. Green iron ore (Min.) dufrenite. Green laver (Bot.), an edible seaweed (Ulva latissima); -- called also green sloke. Green lead ore (Min.), pyromorphite. Green linnet (Zo["o]l.), the greenfinch. Green looper (Zo["o]l.), the cankerworm. Green marble (Min.), serpentine. Green mineral, a carbonate of copper, used as a pigment. See Greengill. Green monkey (Zo["o]l.) a West African long-tailed monkey (Cercopithecus callitrichus), very commonly tamed, and trained to perform tricks. It was introduced into the West Indies early in the last century, and has become very abundant there. Green salt of Magnus (Old Chem.), a dark green crystalline salt, consisting of ammonia united with certain chlorides of platinum. Green sand (Founding) molding sand used for a mold while slightly damp, and not dried before the cast is made. Green sea (Naut.), a wave that breaks in a solid mass on a vessel's deck. Green sickness (Med.), chlorosis. Green snake (Zo["o]l.), one of two harmless American snakes (Cyclophis vernalis, and C. [ae]stivus). They are bright green in color. Green turtle (Zo["o]l.), an edible marine turtle. See Turtle. Green vitriol. (a) (Chem.) Sulphate of iron; a light green crystalline substance, very extensively used in the preparation of inks, dyes, mordants, etc. (b) (Min.) Same as copperas, melanterite and sulphate of iron. Green ware, articles of pottery molded and shaped, but not yet baked. Green woodpecker (Zo["o]l.), a common European woodpecker (Picus viridis); -- called also yaffle.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Green
Green\ (gren), n. 1. The color of growing plants; the color of the solar spectrum intermediate between the yellow and the blue. 2. A grassy plain or plat; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage; as, the village green. O'er the smooth enameled green. --Milton. 3. Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths; -- usually in the plural. In that soft season when descending showers Call forth the greens, and wake the rising flowers. --Pope. 4. pl. Leaves and stems of young plants, as spinach, beets, etc., which in their green state are boiled for food. 5. Any substance or pigment of a green color. Alkali green (Chem.), an alkali salt of a sulphonic acid derivative of a complex aniline dye, resembling emerald green; -- called also Helvetia green. Berlin green. (Chem.) See under Berlin. Brilliant green (Chem.), a complex aniline dye, resembling emerald green in composition. Brunswick green, an oxychloride of copper. Chrome green. See under Chrome. Emerald green. (Chem.) (a) A complex basic derivative of aniline produced as a metallic, green crystalline substance, and used for dyeing silk, wool, and mordanted vegetable fiber a brilliant green; -- called also aldehyde green, acid green, malachite green, Victoria green, solid green, etc. It is usually found as a double chloride, with zinc chloride, or as an oxalate. (b) See Paris green (below). Gaignet's green (Chem.) a green pigment employed by the French artist, Adrian Gusgnet, and consisting essentially of a basic hydrate of chromium. Methyl green (Chem.), an artificial rosaniline dyestuff, obtained as a green substance having a brilliant yellow luster; -- called also light-green. Mineral green. See under Mineral. Mountain green. See Green earth, under Green, a. Paris green (Chem.), a poisonous green powder, consisting of a mixture of several double salts of the acetate and arsenite of copper. It has found very extensive use as a pigment for wall paper, artificial flowers, etc., but particularly as an exterminator of insects, as the potato bug; -- called also Schweinfurth green, imperial green, Vienna green, emerald qreen, and mitis green. Scheele's green (Chem.), a green pigment, consisting essentially of a hydrous arsenite of copper; -- called also Swedish green. It may enter into various pigments called parrot green, pickel green, Brunswick green, nereid green, or emerald green.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Green
Green\ (gren), n. 1. The color of growing plants; the color of the solar spectrum intermediate between the yellow and the blue. 2. A grassy plain or plat; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage; as, the village green. O'er the smooth enameled green. --Milton. 3. Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths; -- usually in the plural. In that soft season when descending showers Call forth the greens, and wake the rising flowers. --Pope. 4. pl. Leaves and stems of young plants, as spinach, beets, etc., which in their green state are boiled for food. 5. Any substance or pigment of a green color. Alkali green (Chem.), an alkali salt of a sulphonic acid derivative of a complex aniline dye, resembling emerald green; -- called also Helvetia green. Berlin green. (Chem.) See under Berlin. Brilliant green (Chem.), a complex aniline dye, resembling emerald green in composition. Brunswick green, an oxychloride of copper. Chrome green. See under Chrome. Emerald green. (Chem.) (a) A complex basic derivative of aniline produced as a metallic, green crystalline substance, and used for dyeing silk, wool, and mordanted vegetable fiber a brilliant green; -- called also aldehyde green, acid green, malachite green, Victoria green, solid green, etc. It is usually found as a double chloride, with zinc chloride, or as an oxalate. (b) See Paris green (below). Gaignet's green (Chem.) a green pigment employed by the French artist, Adrian Gusgnet, and consisting essentially of a basic hydrate of chromium. Methyl green (Chem.), an artificial rosaniline dyestuff, obtained as a green substance having a brilliant yellow luster; -- called also light-green. Mineral green. See under Mineral. Mountain green. See Green earth, under Green, a. Paris green (Chem.), a poisonous green powder, consisting of a mixture of several double salts of the acetate and arsenite of copper. It has found very extensive use as a pigment for wall paper, artificial flowers, etc., but particularly as an exterminator of insects, as the potato bug; -- called also Schweinfurth green, imperial green, Vienna green, emerald qreen, and mitis green. Scheele's green (Chem.), a green pigment, consisting essentially of a hydrous arsenite of copper; -- called also Swedish green. It may enter into various pigments called parrot green, pickel green, Brunswick green, nereid green, or emerald green.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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