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vert

[vurt] ,
–noun
1. English Forest Law.
a. vegetation bearing green leaves in a forest and capable of serving as a cover for deer.
b. the right to cut such vegetation.
2. Heraldry. the tincture, or color, green.
–adjective
3. Heraldry. of the tincture green: a lion vert.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME verte < AF, MF vert, verd < L viridis green, equiv. to vir(ēre) to be green + -idis, appar. irreg. for -idus -id 4
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