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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
green \green\ gr=en, n.
   1. the color of growing plants; the color of the solar
      spectrum intermediate between the yellow and the blue.
      1913 webster

   2. a grassy plain or plat; a piece of ground covered with
      verdant herbage; as, the village green.
      1913 webster

            o'er the smooth enameled green.       --milton.
      1913 webster

   3. fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants;
      wreaths; -- usually in the plural.
      1913 webster

            in that soft season when descending showers
            call forth the greens, and wake the rising flowers.
                                                  --pope.
      1913 webster

   4. pl. leaves and stems of young plants, as spinach, beets,
      etc., which in their green state are boiled for food.
      1913 webster

   5. any substance or pigment of a green color.
      1913 webster

   alkali green chem., an alkali salt of a sulphonic acid
      derivative of a complex aniline dye, resembling emerald
      green; -- called also helvetia green.

   berlin green. chem. see under berlin.

   brilliant green chem., a complex aniline dye, resembling
      emerald green in composition.

   brunswick green, an oxychloride of copper.

   chrome green. see under chrome.

   emerald green. chem.
      a a complex basic derivative of aniline produced as a
          metallic, green crystalline substance, and used for
          dyeing silk, wool, and mordanted vegetable fiber a
          brilliant green; -- called also aldehyde green,
          acid green, malachite green, victoria green,
          solid green, etc. it is usually found as a double
          chloride, with zinc chloride, or as an oxalate.
      b see paris green below.

   gaignet's green chem. a green pigment employed by the
      french artist, adrian gusgnet, and consisting essentially
      of a basic hydrate of chromium.

   methyl green chem., an artificial rosaniline dyestuff,
      obtained as a green substance having a brilliant yellow
      luster; -- called also light-green.

   mineral green. see under mineral.

   mountain green. see green earth, under green, a.

   paris green chem., a poisonous green powder, consisting
      of a mixture of several double salts of the acetate and
      arsenite of copper. it has found very extensive use as a
      pigment for wall paper, artificial flowers, etc., but
      particularly as an exterminator of insects, as the potato
      bug; -- called also schweinfurth green, imperial
      green, vienna green, emerald qreen, and mitis
      green.

   scheele's green chem., a green pigment, consisting
      essentially of a hydrous arsenite of copper; -- called
      also swedish green. it may enter into various pigments
      called parrot green, pickel green, brunswick green,
      nereid green, or emerald green.
      1913 webster
see also:
alkali green helvetia green berlin green berlin brilliant green brunswick green 
chrome green chrome emerald green aldehyde green acid green 
malachite green victoria green solid green paris green gaignet's green 
methyl green light-green mineral green mineral mountain green 
green earth green schweinfurth green imperial green vienna green 
emerald qreen mitis green scheele's green swedish green parrot green 
pickel green nereid green emerald green 
[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
green \green\, v. t. imp.  p. p. greened great: p. pr. 
   vb. n. greening.
   to make green.
   1913 webster

         great spring before
         greened all the year.                    --thomson.
   1913 webster
see also:
greened greening 
[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
green \green\, v. i.
   to become or grow green. --tennyson.
   1913 webster

         by greening slope and singing flood.     --whittier.
   1913 webster

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0
green
     adj 1: similar to the color of fresh grass; "a green tree"; "green
            fields"; "green paint" syn: greenish, light-green,
             dark-green
     2: concerned with or supporting or in conformity with the
        political principles of the green party
     3: not fully developed or mature; not ripe; "unripe fruit";
        "fried green tomatoes"; "green wood" syn: unripe, unripened,
         immature ant: ripe
     4: looking pale and unhealthy; "you're looking green"; "green
        around the gills"
     5: naive and easily deceived or tricked; "at that early age she
        had been gullible and in love" syn: fleeceable, gullible
     n 1: the property of being green; resembling the color of growing
          grass syn: greenness, viridity
     2: a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area;
        "they went for a walk in the park" syn: park, commons,
         common
     3: united states labor leader who was president of the american
        federation of labor from 1924 to 1952 and who led the
        struggle with the congress of industrial organizations
        1873-1952 syn: william green
     4: an environmentalist who belongs to the green party
     5: a river that rises in western wyoming and flows southward
        through utah to become a tributary of the colorado river
        syn: green river
     6: an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a
        golf course; "the ball rolled across the green and into
        the trap" syn: putting green
     7: any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten
        as vegetables syn: greens, leafy vegetable
     8: street names for ketamine syn: k, jet, super acid, special
        k, honey oil, cat valium, super c
     v : turn or become green; "the trees are greening"
see also:
greenish light-green dark-green unripe unripened immature 
ripe fleeceable gullible greenness viridity 
park commons common william green green river 
putting green greens leafy vegetable k jet 
super acid special k honey oil cat valium super c 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
292 moby thesaurus words for "green":
   astroturf, a novice at, a stranger to, acerb, acerbate, acerbic,
   acescent, adolescent, aestival, alive, amateur, amateurish,
   artificial turf, artless, at half cock, awkward, befoolable,
   beryl-green, berylline, blankminded, blooming, blue-green,
   bluish-green, blunt, boodle, bowling green, brass, bread, bucks,
   budding, cabbage, callow, chartreuse, chips, chloranemia,
   chloranemic, chloremia, chlorine, chlorophyll, chlorosis,
   chlorotic, citrine, citrinous, common, conservationist, crab,
   crabbed, cullible, deceivable, deludable, dewy, dinero,
   distrustful, dough, dry, dumb, dupable, easy, eidetic, emerald,
   empty, empty-headed, enduring, envious, environmental,
   environmentalist, ever-new, evergreen, exploitable, fairway,
   firsthand, fledgling, flush, flushed, foliaged, foolable, fresh,
   fresh as april, gauche, gelt, gilt, glaucescence, glaucescent,
   glaucous, glaucous-green, glaucousness, golf course, golf links,
   grassland, grassplot, grassy, grease, green as grass, green stuff,
   green with jealousy, green-blue, green-eyed, greenish,
   greenish-blue, greenish-yellow, greenishness, greenness, greensick,
   greensickness, greenyard, groping, grounds, growing, gullible,
   half-baked, half-cocked, half-grown, hoaxable, holly, hoodwinkable,
   horn-mad, humbugable, ignorant, ill-digested, immature, impubic,
   inane, inexperienced, inexpert, infant, ingenuous, innocent,
   intact, invidious, ivy, ivy-green, jack, jaundice-eyed, jaundiced,
   jealous, juicy, juvenile, kale, kept in remembrance, know-nothing,
   lasting, lawn, leafy, leaved, maiden, maidenly, mazuma, minor,
   moolah, mopus, naive, neoteric, nescient, nestling, new, new to,
   new-fledged, oil of palms, ointment, olivaceous, olive,
   olive-green, oof, ooftish, original, park, patinate, patinize,
   persuadable, pickled, pink, plaza, porraceous, preservationist,
   pristine, pungent, putting green, raw, recalled, recollected,
   remembered, retained, rhino, ripening, rocks, rosy, rosy-cheeked,
   ruddy, rural, sappy, sec, seduceable, sempervirent, shekels,
   simoleons, simple, smaragdine, soft, sour, sour as vinegar, soured,
   sourish, spondulics, springlike, square, strange to, sugar,
   summerlike, summery, suspicious, sward, tart, tartish, tender,
   tentative, the needful, tin, unaccustomed to, unacquainted,
   unacquainted with, unadult, unapprized, unbeaten, uncomprehending,
   unconversant, unconversant with, underage, underripe, undeveloped,
   unenlightened, unexperienced, unfamiliar, unfamiliar with,
   unfledged, unforgotten, unformed, ungrown, unhandled,
   unilluminated, uninformed, uninitiated, uninitiated in,
   unintelligent, unknowing, unlicked, unmatured, unmellowed,
   unposted, unpracticed, unpracticed in, unripe, unseasoned,
   unskilled, unskilled in, unsophisticated, unsure, unsweet,
   unsweetened, untested, untouched, untrained, untried, untrodden,
   unused, unused to, unversed, unversed in, vacuous, verdancy,
   verdant, verdigris, verdure, verdurous, vernal, vernant, vert,
   victimizable, village green, vinegarish, vinegary, virescence,
   virescent, virgin, virginal, viridity, vivid, wampum, yellow,
   yellow-eyed, yellowish-green, young, youthful




[7] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
green
     
        a language proposed by cii honeywell-bull to meet the dod
        ironman requirements which led to ada.  this language won
        in 1979.
     
        "on the green language submitted to the dod", e.w. dijkstra,
        sigplan notices 1310:16-21 oct 1978.
     
        1994-12-02
     
     
see also:
honeywell-bull ironman ada 
[8] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
green, ks city, fips 28425
  location: 39.43027 n, 96.99997 w
  population 1990: 150 64 housing units
  area: 0.5 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 67447
green, oh village, fips 31664
  location: 40.94765 n, 81.48648 w
  population 1990: 3553 1236 housing units
  area: 7.9 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
green, or cdp, fips 30750
  location: 43.14921 n, 123.38222 w
  population 1990: 5076 1807 housing units
  area: 14.5 sq km land, 0.4 sq km water

[9] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)
green -- u.s. county in kentucky
   population 2000:    11518
   housing units 2000: 5420
   land area 2000:     288.661213 sq. miles 747.629079 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.115902 sq. miles 0.300184 sq. km
   total area 2000:    288.777115 sq. miles 747.929263 sq. km
   located within:       kentucky ky, fips 21
   location:             37.263757 n, 85.536418 w
   headwords:
    green
    green, ky
    green county
    green county, ky


[10] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)
green -- u.s. county in wisconsin
   population 2000:    33647
   housing units 2000: 13878
   land area 2000:     583.986989 sq. miles 1512.519293 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.575520 sq. miles 1.490591 sq. km
   total area 2000:    584.562509 sq. miles 1514.009884 sq. km
   located within:       wisconsin wi, fips 55
   location:             42.653242 n, 89.576048 w
   headwords:
    green
    green, wi
    green county
    green county, wi


[11] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
green, oh -- u.s. city in ohio
   population 2000:    22817
   housing units 2000: 9180
   land area 2000:     32.059708 sq. miles 83.034258 sq. km
   water area 2000:    1.470824 sq. miles 3.809416 sq. km
   total area 2000:    33.530532 sq. miles 86.843674 sq. km
   fips code:            31860
   located within:       ohio oh, fips 39
   location:             40.956719 n, 81.481218 w
   zip codes 1990:    
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    green, oh
    green


[12] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
green, or -- u.s. census designated place in oregon
   population 2000:    6174
   housing units 2000: 2350
   land area 2000:     4.545914 sq. miles 11.773864 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.165586 sq. miles 0.428865 sq. km
   total area 2000:    4.711500 sq. miles 12.202729 sq. km
   fips code:            30750
   located within:       oregon or, fips 41
   location:             43.152220 n, 123.383420 w
   zip codes 1990:    
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    green, or
    green


[13] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
green, ks -- u.s. city in kansas
   population 2000:    147
   housing units 2000: 71
   land area 2000:     0.195258 sq. miles 0.505717 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.195258 sq. miles 0.505717 sq. km
   fips code:            28425
   located within:       kansas ks, fips 20
   location:             39.430247 n, 96.999195 w
   zip codes 1990:     67447
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    green, ks
    green



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