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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
green \green\ gr=en, a. compar. greener gr=en"~er;
   superl. greenest. oe. grene, as. gr=ene; akin to d.
   groen, os. gr=oni, ohg. gruoni, g. gr"un, dan.  sw.
   gr"on, icel. graenn; 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.
      1913 webster

   2. having a sickly color; wan.
      1913 webster

            to look so green and pale.            --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. full of life and vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent;
      as, a green manhood; a green wound.
      1913 webster

            as valid against such an old and beneficent
            government as against . . . the greenest usurpation.
                                                  --burke.
      1913 webster

   4. not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green
      fruit, corn, vegetables, etc.
      1913 webster

   5. not roasted; half raw. r.
      1913 webster

            we say the meat is green when half roasted. --l.
                                                  watts.
      1913 webster

   6. immature in age, judgment, or experience; inexperienced;
      young; raw; not trained; awkward; as, green in years or
      judgment.
      1913 webster

            i might be angry with the officious zeal which
            supposes that its green conceptions can instruct my
            gray hairs.                           --sir w.
                                                  scott.
      1913 webster

   7. not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as,
      green wood, timber, etc. --shak.
      1913 webster

   8. politics concerned especially with protection of the
      enviroment; -- of political parties and political
      philosophies; as, the european green parties.
      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
      arisaema 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 antennae.

   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 rodioei, 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. aestivus. 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.
      1913 webster
see also:
greener greenest. grow. green brier emilaz rotundifolia cat brier 
green con green crab carcinus menas joe-rocker green crop 
green diallage green dragon arisaema dracontium dragon root green earth 
mountain green green ebony jacaranda ovalifolia ebony green fire 
green fly green gage greengage green gland green hand 
green heart nectandra rodioei colubrina ferruginosa green iron ore green laver 
ulva latissima green sloke green lead ore green linnet green looper 
green marble green mineral greengill green monkey cercopithecus callitrichus 
green salt of magnus green sand green sea green sickness green snake 
cyclophis vernalis c. aestivus green turtle turtle green vitriol 
copperas melanterite sulphate of iron green ware green woodpecker 
picus viridis yaffle 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
dragon \drag"on\ dra^g"u^n, n. f. dragon, l. draco, fr.
   gr. dra`kwn, prob. fr. de`rkesqai, dra`kein, to look akin to
   skr. dar,c to see, and so called from its terrible eyes.
   cf. drake a dragon, dragoon.
   1. myth. a fabulous animal, generally represented as a
      monstrous winged serpent or lizard, with a crested head
      and enormous claws, and regarded as very powerful and
      ferocious.
      1913 webster

            the dragons which appear in early paintings and
            sculptures are invariably representations of a
            winged crocodile.                     --fairholt.
      1913 webster

   note: in scripture the term dragon refers to any great
         monster, whether of the land or sea, usually to some
         kind of serpent or reptile, sometimes to land serpents
         of a powerful and deadly kind. it is also applied
         metaphorically to satan.
         1913 webster

               thou breakest the heads of the dragons in the
               waters.                            -- ps. lxxiv.
                                                  13.
         1913 webster

               thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder; the
               young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample
               under feet.                        -- ps. xci.
                                                  13.
         1913 webster

               he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent,
               which is the devil and satan, and bound him a
               thousand years.                    --rev. xx. 2.
         1913 webster

   2. a fierce, violent person, esp. a woman. --johnson.
      1913 webster

   3. astron. a constellation of the northern hemisphere
      figured as a dragon; draco.
      1913 webster

   4. a luminous exhalation from marshy grounds, seeming to move
      through the air as a winged serpent.
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   5. mil. antiq. a short musket hooked to a swivel attached
      to a soldier's belt; -- so called from a representation of
      a dragon's head at the muzzle. --fairholt.
      1913 webster

   6. zool. a small arboreal lizard of the genus draco, of
      several species, found in the east indies and southern
      asia. five or six of the hind ribs, on each side, are
      prolonged and covered with weblike skin, forming a sort of
      wing. these prolongations aid them in making long leaps
      from tree to tree. called also flying lizard.
      1913 webster

   7. zool. a variety of carrier pigeon.
      1913 webster

   8. her. a fabulous winged creature, sometimes borne as a
      charge in a coat of arms.
      1913 webster

   note: dragon is often used adjectively, or in combination, in
         the sense of relating to, resembling, or characteristic
         of, a dragon.
         1913 webster

   dragon arum bot., the name of several species of
      arisaema, a genus of plants having a spathe and
      spadix. see dragon rootbelow.

   dragon fish zool., the dragonet.

   dragon fly zool., any insect of the family
      libellulidae. they have finely formed, large and
      strongly reticulated wings, a large head with enormous
      eyes, and a long body; -- called also mosquito hawks.
      their larvae are aquatic and insectivorous.

   dragon root bot., an american aroid plant arisaema
      dracontium; green dragon.

   dragon's blood, a resinous substance obtained from the
      fruit of several species of calamus, esp. from calamus
      rotang and calamus draco, growing in the east indies. a
      substance known as dragon's blood is obtained by exudation
      from dracaena draco; also from pterocarpus draco, a
      tree of the west indies and south america. the color is
      red, or a dark brownish red, and it is used chiefly for
      coloring varnishes, marbles, etc. called also cinnabar
      graecorum.

   dragon's head.
      a bot. a plant of several species of the genus
          dracocephalum. they are perennial herbs closely
          allied to the common catnip.
      b astron. the ascending node of a planet, indicated,
          chiefly in almanacs, by the symbol ?. the deviation
          from the ecliptic made by a planet in passing from one
          node to the other seems, according to the fancy of
          some, to make a figure like that of a dragon, whose
          belly is where there is the greatest latitude; the
          intersections representing the head and tail; -- from
          which resemblance the denomination arises. --encyc.
          brit.

   dragon shell zool., a species of limpet.

   dragon's skin, fossil stems whose leaf scars somewhat
      resemble the scales of reptiles; -- a name used by miners
      and quarrymen. --stormonth.

   dragon's tail astron., the descending node of a planet,
      indicated by the symbol ?. see dragon's head above.

   dragon's wort bot., a plant of the genus artemisia
      artemisia dracunculus.

   dragon tree bot., a west african liliaceous tree
      dracaena draco, yielding one of the resins called
      dragon's blood. see dracaena.

   dragon water, a medicinal remedy very popular in the
      earlier half of the 17th century. "dragon water may do
      good upon him." --randolph 1640.

   flying dragon, a large meteoric fireball; a bolide.
      1913 webster
see also:
drake dragoon flying lizard dragon arum arisaema dragon root 
dragon fish dragon fly libellulidae mosquito hawks arisaema dracontium 
dragon's blood calamus calamus rotang calamus draco dracaena draco 
pterocarpus draco cinnabar graecorum dragon's head dracocephalum dragon shell 
dragon's skin dragon's tail dragon's wort artemisia artemisia dracunculus 
dragon tree dracaena dragon water flying dragon 

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