[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 

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