Found 3 hits - Term: picus viridis, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [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.
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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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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
yaffle \yaf"fle\ ya^f"f'l, n. probably imitative of its
call or cry. zool.
the european green woodpecker picus viridis syn. genius
viridis. it is noted for its loud laughlike note. called
also eccle, hewhole, highhoe, laughing bird,
popinjay, rain bird, yaffil, yaffler, yaffingale,
yappingale, yackel, and woodhack.
1913 webster
see also:
picus viridis genius viridis eccle hewhole highhoe laughing bird
popinjay rain bird yaffil yaffler yaffingale
yappingale yackel woodhack
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
picus viridis
n : woodpecker of europe and western asia syn: green
woodpecker
see also:
green woodpecker
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