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(chemistry) A concentrated natural flower oil, used for perfumes; an alcoholic extract of a concrete.
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(historical) The green on which such fairs were held.
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The quality of being beige.
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(linguistics) A word used only in certain fixed phrases or idioms, with a meaning that is otherwise opaque; often a fossil word.
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Synonym of feuillemorte: the color of a dead or faded leaf: dull brown or yellowish brown.
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(of plant material) Still green and not dried.
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(slang, humorous, derogatory) The condition of being ginger (having reddish-brown hair), treated as if it were a disease or affliction.
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The season of fresh grass; spring or summer.
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(film, television, historical) Of film: freshly processed by the laboratory and not yet fully physically hardened.
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(slang, chiefly Britain) A newspaper supplement or edition concerning sport, especially football, printed on green newsprint.
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(idiomatic) Ill or unwell, especially as indicated by one's appearance.
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Alternative form of wet behind the ears [(idiomatic) Inexperienced; just beginning; immature (especially in judgment).]
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(obsolete, agriculture) A vegetable crop, as opposed to a cereal crop; a crop which has green leaves when harvested
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(idiomatic, informal) A seemingly natural gardening ability.
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Alternative form of green-ink brigade [(chiefly Britain) Collectively, those people who write letters to newspaper editors, politicians, etc., expressing eccentric views; the letters are often stereotyped as being handwritten in green ink, characterized by the frequent use of capital letters and underlining, and lengthy.]
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(now historical) A character in British folklore often depicted as a foliate head.
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Alternative form of greenout [(Antarctica) The sensation caused by seeing plants again after a period in Antarctica.]
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see green, paper.
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(US, idiomatic) A natural skill for gardening.
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Of an landscape, region, etc., to become green as a result of seasonal vegetation growth.
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(UK, colloquial, derogatory) Upper-class people who engage in hunting, riding, and similar outdoor pursuits.
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(idiomatic) Consumed by envy; envious to the point where it is noticeable to others.
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Green foliage or verdure.
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Having a green face or appearance.
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(informal) An unripe fruit.
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(Antarctica) The sensation caused by seeing plants again after a period in Antarctica.
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Having green grass growing upon it.
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The state or quality of being green; verdure, verdancy.
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Wood that is green; in other words, not seasoned.
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(philosophy) Of an object, green when first observed before a specified time or blue when first observed after that time.
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(historical) A person who wore a pyramidal or conical wicker or wooden framework decorated with foliage, as part of May Day processions in England.
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A green wall, a wall covered by greenery.
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(obsolete) The masterwort (Peucedanum ostruthium).
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Synonym of non-photo blue
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Of or pertaining to a kitchen garden; used for culinary purposes.
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Relating to, resembling, or containing opium.
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(transitive, poetic) To cover with greenery or green colour.
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(medicine, archaic) A mixture of water and vinegar.
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Of or relating to saccharin (“a white, crystalline powder, C₇H₅NO₃S, used as an artificial sweetener in food products”).
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(obsolete) sempervirent; evergreen
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(archaic, medicine) A compound cordial prepared in different ways from a variety of ingredients, such as hartshorn, flowers, the roots and juices of various plants, wines, etc., distilled or digested with Venice treacle.
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(wine) Having a grassy, herbaceous taste.
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(obsolete) greenness; freshness
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Abundant in verdure; lush with vegetation.
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The quality of being verdant.
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(transitive) To cover with verdure.
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Covered with verdure; green and lush; verdant.
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The quality of being verdurous.
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(obsolete) Flourishing, as in spring; vernal.
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(archaic) Green undergrowth or other vegetation growing in a forest, as a potential cover for deer.
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(obsolete) green; not withered
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The process of becoming green.
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