terra verde

[ ter-uh ver-dey; Italian ter-rah ver-de ]

/ ˈtɛr ə ˈvɛr deɪ; Italian ˈtɛr rɑ ˈvɛr dɛ /

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noun

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Nearby words

terra cotta, terra firma, terra incognita, terra mater, terra sigillata, terra verde, terra-cotta, terrace, terraced house, terrachlor, terracing

Origin of terra verde

Borrowed into English from Italian around 1895–1900

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Examples from the Web for terra verde

On the wall to the right are some ruined frescoes in terra-verde by a scholar of Matteo.
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