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terre verte

[ter vert]
–noun
1. a grayish-green color.
2. green earth.

Origin:
1650–60; < F: lit., green earth
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terre-verte   (těr'věrt')   
n.  An olive-green pigment commonly made from glauconite, used by artists.

[French : terre, earth (from Latin terra; see ters- in Indo-European roots) + verte, feminine of vert, green (from Old French verd; see verdant).]
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