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  • terre verte
    terre verte
    noun
    a grayish-green color.
  • terre-verte
    terre-verte
    noun
    a greyish-green pigment used in paints, consisting of powdered glauconite

terre verte

American  
[ter vert] / ˈtɛr ˌvɛrt /

noun

  1. a grayish-green color.

  2. green earth.

terre-verte British  
/ ˈtɛəˌvɜːt /

noun

  1. a greyish-green pigment used in paints, consisting of powdered glauconite

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of a greyish-green colour

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of terre verte

1650–60; < French: literally, green earth

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