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Greener

Green \Green\ (gr[=e]n), a. [Compar. Greener (gr[=e]n"[~e]r); superl. Greenest.] [OE. grene, AS. gr[=e]ne; akin to D. groen, OS. gr[=o]ni, OHG. gruoni, G. gr["u]n, Dan. & Sw. gr["o]n, Icel. gr[ae]nn; 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.

  2. Having a sickly color; wan.

    To look so green and pale.
    --Shak.

  3. Full of life and vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent; as, a green manhood; a green wound.

    As valid against such an old and beneficent government as against . . . the greenest usurpation.
    --Burke.

  4. Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green fruit, corn, vegetables, etc.

  5. Not roasted; half raw. [R.]

    We say the meat is green when half roasted.
    --L. Watts.

  6. Immature in age, judgment, or experience; inexperienced; young; raw; not trained; awkward; as, green in years or judgment.

    I might be angry with the officious zeal which supposes that its green conceptions can instruct my gray hairs.
    --Sir W. Scott.

  7. Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as, green wood, timber, etc.
    --Shak.

  8. (Politics) Concerned especially with protection of the enviroment; -- of political parties and political philosophies; as, the European green parties. 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 (Zo["o]l.), the pollock. Green crab (Zo["o]l.), 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.)

    1. Diallage, a variety of pyroxene.

    2. Smaragdite. Green dragon (Bot.), a North American herbaceous plant ( Aris[ae]ma 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.

      1. A south American tree ( Jacaranda ovalifolia), having a greenish wood, used for rulers, turned and inlaid work, and in dyeing.

      2. 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 (Zo["o]l.), any green species of plant lice or aphids, esp. those that infest greenhouse plants. Green gage, (Bot.) See Greengage, in the Vocabulary. Green gland (Zo["o]l.), 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 antenn[ae]. 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 Rodi[oe]i, 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 (Zo["o]l.), the greenfinch. Green looper (Zo["o]l.), the cankerworm. Green marble (Min.), serpentine. Green mineral, a carbonate of copper, used as a pigment. See Greengill. Green monkey (Zo["o]l.) 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 (Zo["o]l.), one of two harmless American snakes ( Cyclophis vernalis, and C. [ae]stivus). They are bright green in color. Green turtle (Zo["o]l.), an edible marine turtle. See Turtle. Green vitriol.

        1. (Chem.) Sulphate of iron; a light green crystalline substance, very extensively used in the preparation of inks, dyes, mordants, etc.

        2. (Min.) Same as copperas, melanterite and sulphate of iron.

          Green ware, articles of pottery molded and shaped, but not yet baked.

          Green woodpecker (Zo["o]l.), a common European woodpecker ( Picus viridis); -- called also yaffle.

Wiktionary
greener

a. (en-comparative of: green) n. 1 (context slang derogatory English) A newcomer; a recent immigrant. 2 (context slang derogatory English) A person with a passion for protecting the natural environment; an ecological activist.

Wikipedia
Greener

Greener is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Bob Greener (1899–1970), English professional footballer
  • Christopher Greener (born 1943), United Kingdom's tallest human
  • Matthew Greener, British musician
  • Richard Theodore Greener (1844–1922), American diplomat
  • William Greener (1806–1869), English inventor and gunsmith

Usage examples of "greener".

By using logwood alone blue blacks can be dyed, by increasing the proportion of fustic a greener tone can be obtained, while by the use of a larger proportion of Chromotrop a redder tone of black is the result.

Lee-Metfords that had survived the Anglo Boer war, alesser number of German Mausers salvaged from his encounters with Askari across the Rovuma, and a very few of the expensive hand-made doubles by Gibbs and Messrs Greener of London.

A time-lapse photo of the park below my writing window would show a greener, leafier afternoon than morning.

The listener's crowning dome shimmered greener, bending courteously toward Benn, then toward Nebo.

Moore also wrote the satirical Greener Than You Think, a highly regarded ecodisaster novel, and collaborated with Robert Bradford on Caduceus Wild and Avram Davidson on Joyleg.

But I wish, that as I have gain'd the Augural, and Consular Dignity, in an Age far greener than he, so in my declining Years, I may in some Measure be Master of his Capacity.

But these are merely for the control of Indians and for the protection of emigrants on their way to greener fields in Oregon and perhaps California.

His eyes are greener than mine, and he certainly enthralls the ladies more than I ever did.

The sense of being in a cathedral was impossible to escape, Cirocco had seen a place like it before, among the giant Sequoias of California' It was greener there and not as quiet, but the stillness and the feeling of being lost among vast and indifferent beings was the same.

He and the bearded man dispersed with the others to greener pastures.

The highlight of the evening was over, great moments like those came but seldom and the summits were to be rarely scaled again -- except three times a night, seven nights a week -- and they were off to greener pastures where hooch could be purchased at a quarter of the price.

As soon as we are able, we shall transport you to greener pastures and wilder company.

It had been one of those stopovers before she moved on to greener pastures.

In desperation, the undernourished left the herd, searching for greener pastures, but found only .

Wandering got into the blood, and there were always those greener pastures that lay over the fence or over the next range of mountains.