Light-green

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Green \Green\ (gr[=e]n), n.
     1. The color of growing plants; the color of the solar
        spectrum intermediate between the yellow and the blue.
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     2. A grassy plain or plat; a piece of ground covered with


        verdant herbage; as, the village green.
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              O'er the smooth enameled green.       --Milton.
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     3. Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants;
        wreaths; -- usually in the plural.
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              In that soft season when descending showers
              Call forth the greens, and wake the rising flowers.
                                                    --Pope.
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     4. pl. Leaves and stems of young plants, as spinach, beets,
        etc., which in their green state are boiled for food.
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     5. Any substance or pigment of a green color.
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     {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}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  light-green \light-green\ adj.
     Having a light green color, similar to the color of fresh
     grass.
  
     Syn: green, greenish, dark-green.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  light-green
       adj : similar to the color of fresh grass; "a green tree"; "green
             fields"; "green paint" [syn: {green}, {greenish}, {dark-green}]