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terre verte

[ ter-vert ]
/ ˈtɛr ˌvɛrt /
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noun
a grayish-green color.
green earth.
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Origin of terre verte

1650–60; <French: literally, green earth
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How to use terre verte in a sentence

  • There should be an underwash of madder, and maybe terre verte.

    Dorothy at Oak Knowe|Evelyn Raymond

  • We have obtained a very beautiful olive from terre verte by simply changing its hue.

    Field's Chromatography|George Field

British Dictionary definitions for terre verte

terre-verte
/ (ˈtɛəˌvɜːt) /
noun
a greyish-green pigment used in paints, consisting of powdered glauconite
adjective
of a greyish-green colour

Word Origin for terre-verte

C17: from French, literally: green earth
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