green earth

noun

A variety of glauconite, found in cavities in amygdaloid and other eruptive rock, and used as a green pigment by artists.

Meanings

noungreen earth (countable and uncountable, plural green earths)

plural green earths

  1. countableuncountableA variety of glauconite, found in cavities in amygdaloid and other eruptive rock, and used as a green pigment by artists.

    Synonyms: mountain green, Verona green, terre-verte

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA variety of glauconite, found in cavities in amygdaloid and other eruptive rock, and used as a green pigment by artists.

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