melanterite
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Green \
Green \ (
gr [=
e ]
n ),
a . [
Compar . {
Greener } (
gr [=
e ]
n "[~
e ]
r );
superl . {
Greenest .}] [
OE .
grene ,
AS .
gr [=
e ]
ne ;
akin to D .
groen ,
OS .
gr [=
o ]
ni ,
OHG .
gruoni ,
G .
gr ["
u ]
n ,
Dan . &
Sw .
gr ["
o ]
n ,
Icel .
gr [
ae ]
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 .
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2 .
Having a sickly color ;
wan .
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To look so green and pale . --
Shak .
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3 .
Full of life and vigor ;
fresh and vigorous ;
new ;
recent ;
as ,
a green manhood ;
a green wound .
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As valid against such an old and beneficent government as against . . .
the greenest usurpation .
--
Burke .
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4 .
Not ripe ;
immature ;
not fully grown or ripened ;
as ,
green fruit ,
corn ,
vegetables ,
etc .
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5 .
Not roasted ;
half raw . [
R .]
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We say the meat is green when half roasted . --
L .
Watts .
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6 .
Immature in age ,
judgment ,
or experience ;
inexperienced ;
young ;
raw ;
not trained ;
awkward ;
as ,
green in years or judgment .
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I might be angry with the officious zeal which supposes that its green conceptions can instruct my gray hairs . --
Sir W .
Scott .
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7 .
Not seasoned ;
not dry ;
containing its natural juices ;
as ,
green wood ,
timber ,
etc . --
Shak .
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8 . (
Politics )
Concerned especially with protection of the enviroment ; --
of political parties and political philosophies ;
as ,
the European green parties .
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PJC ]
{
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 } (
Zool .),
the pollock .
{
Green crab } (
Zool .),
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 } (
Zool .),
any green species of plant lice or aphids ,
esp .
those that infest greenhouse plants .
{
Green gage }, (
Bot .)
See {
Greengage },
in the Vocabulary .
{
Green gland } (
Zool .),
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 } (
Zool .),
the greenfinch .
{
Green looper } (
Zool .),
the cankerworm .
{
Green marble } (
Min .),
serpentine .
{
Green mineral },
a carbonate of copper ,
used as a pigment .
See {
Greengill }.
{
Green monkey } (
Zool .)
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 } (
Zool .),
one of two harmless American snakes ({
Cyclophis vernalis },
and {
C . [
ae ]
stivus }).
They are bright green in color .
{
Green turtle } (
Zool .),
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 } (
Zool .),
a common European woodpecker ({
Picus viridis }); --
called also {
yaffle }.
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Melanterite \
Me *
lan "
ter *
ite \,
n . (
Min .)
A hydrous sulphate of iron of a green color and vitreous luster ;
iron vitriol .
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