Bottle green |
A dark shade of green, like that of bottle glass. |
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Brunswick green |
An oxychloride of copper, used as a green pigment; also, a carbonate of copper similarly employed. |
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Mitter's green |
A pigment of a green color, the chief constituent of which is oxide of chromium. |
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Oyster |
Any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Ostrea. They are usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in brackish water in the mouth of rivers. The common European oyster (Ostrea edulis), and the American oyster (Ostrea Virginiana), are the most important species. |
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Oyster |
A name popularly given to the delicate morsel contained in a small cavity of the bone on each side of the lower part of the back of a fowl. |
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Salt-green |
Sea-green in color. |
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Scheele's green |
See under Green. |
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Sea green |
The green color of sea water. |
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Sea-green |
Of a beautiful bluish green color, like sea water on soundings. |
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Grass-green |
Green with grass. |
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Grass-green |
Of the color of grass; clear and vivid green. |
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Green |
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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Green |
Having a sickly color; wan. |
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Green |
Full of life aud vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent; as, a green manhood; a green wound. |
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Green |
Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green fruit, corn, vegetables, etc. |
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Green |
Not roasted; half raw. |
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Green |
Immature in age or experience; young; raw; not trained; awkward; as, green in years or judgment. |
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Green |
Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as, green wood, timber, etc. |
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Green |
The color of growing plants; the color of the solar spectrum intermediate between the yellow and the blue. |
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Green |
A grassy plain or plat; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage; as, the village green. |
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