| greening | A greenish apple, of several varieties, among which the Rhode Island greening is the best known for its fine-grained acid flesh and its excellent keeping quality. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| greenlet | L. <ornithology> One of numerous species of small American singing birds, of the genus Vireo, as the solitary, or blue-headed (Vireo solitarius); the brotherly-love (V. Philadelphicus); the warbling greenlet (V. Gilvus); the yellow-throated greenlet (V. Flavifrons) and others. See Vireo. 2. <ornithology> Any species of Cyclorhis, a genus of tropical American birds allied to the tits. (06 Mar 1998) |
| greenness | 1. The quality of being green; viridity; verdancy; as, the greenness of grass, or of a meadow. 2. Freshness; vigor; newness. 3. Immaturity; unripeness; as, the greenness of fruit; inexperience; as, the greenness of youth. Origin: AS. Gr?nnes. See Green Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| greenockite | <chemical> Native cadmium sulphide, a mineral occurring in yellow hexagonal crystals, also as an earthy incrustation. Origin: Named after Lord Greenock. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Greenough microscope | <instrument, microscopy> One of two kinds of stereomicroscopes with two separate compound microscopes, one for each eye, focused on the same object. The other kind has a common main objective. See: binocular microscope. (05 Aug 1998) |
| greensand | <geology> A variety of sandstone, usually imperfectly consolidated, consisting largely of glauconite, a silicate of iron and potash of a green colour, mixed with sand and a trace of phosphate of lime. Greensand is often called marl, because it is a useful fertiliser. The greensand beds of the American Cretaceous belong mostly to the Upper Cretaceous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| greenshank | <zoology> A European sandpiper or snipe (Totanus canescens). Synonym: greater plover. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| greenstick fracture | The bending of a bone with incomplete fracture involving the convex side of the curve only. (05 Mar 2000) |
| greenstone | <geology> A name formerly applied rather loosely to certain dark-coloured igneous rocks, including diorite, diabase, etc. Origin: So called from a tinge of green in the colour. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| greenweed | <botany> See Greenbroom. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| greenwood | A forest as it appears is spring and summer. Pertaining to a greenwood; as, a greenwood shade. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| greet | 1. To address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes; to salute; to hail; to welcome; to accost with friendship; to pay respects or compliments to, either personally or through the intervention of another, or by writing or token. "My lord, the mayor of London comes to greet you." (Shak) 2. To come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the heart glad. "In vain the spring my senses greets." (Addison) 3. To accost; to address. Origin: OE. Greten, AS. Gr?tan to address, approach; akin to OS. Grtian, LG groten, D. Groeten, OHG. Gruozzen, G. Grussen. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| greffier | A registrar or recorder; a notary. Origin: F, from LL. Grafarius, graphiarius, fr. L. Graphium, a writing style; cf. F. Greffe a record office. See Graft, and cf. Graffer. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| greffotome | An obsolete term for an instrument for slicing off bits of epidermis to use in grafting. Origin: Fr. Greff, graft, + G. Tome, incision (05 Mar 2000) |
| gregaloid | Denoting a loose colony of protozoa formed by the chance union of independent cells, especially among sarcodines with pseudopodial adherence. Origin: L. Grex (greg-), a flock (05 Mar 2000) |