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Kendal green

[ken-dl]
–noun
1. a coarse woolen cloth, green in color.
2. a shade of green produced by a dye extracted from the woadwaxen plant.

Origin:
1505–15; named after Kendal, town in Westmoreland, England, where the cloth was originally woven and dyed
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Ken·dal green   (kěn'dl)   
n.  
  1. A coarse green woolen fabric similar to tweed.

  2. The color of this fabric.


[After Kendal, a municipal borough of northwest England.]
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