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mountain-green
[After G. berggrün.]
1. Min.
†a. = malachite. Obs.
1727–52Chambers Cycl. s.v. Green, Mountain Green..is a sort of greenish powder found..among the mountains of Kernausent, Hungary. 1836–41Brande Chem. (ed. 5) 825 The pulverulent variety [of malachite] has been termed chrysocolla and mountain-green.
b. Glauconite or green earth.
1822Cleaveland Min. & Geol. I. 445 Green Earth..is employed as a pigment, and sometimes called mountain green.
2. As the name of a colour. Also adj.
1796Kirwan Elem. Min. (ed. 2) I. 389 Mountain green hornstone is often debased, apparently by green earth. 1807Aikin Dict. Chem. & Min. I. 541 Green Earth... The colour of this mineral is celandine green..passing into mountain and blackish-green. 1835Penny Cycl. IV. 336/2 Various shades of sky-blue or mountain-green.
3. A handsome simarubaceous plant, Spathelia simplex, native of the West Indies.
1864Grisebach Flora W. Ind. Isl. 786. |