sap green

noun

A dull light green pigment prepared from the juice of the ripe berries of the Rhamnus cathartica, or buckthorn. It is used especially by water-color artists.

Meanings

nounsap green (plural sap greens)

plural sap greens

  1. A dull light green pigment prepared from the juice of the ripe berries of the Rhamnus cathartica, or buckthorn. It is used especially by water-color artists.
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