单词 | mountain green |
释义 | mountain greenn.adj. 1. Mineralogy. Any of several green copper minerals, esp. when used as a pigment; spec. (a) malachite; (b) chrysocolla; (c) glauconite. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > carbonates > [noun] > malachite malachitea1398 chrysocoll1590 chrysocolla1600 mountain green1728 green mineral1844 the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > green colouring matter > [noun] > pigment or dye > other pigments vert1481 verditer1505 green bice1548 sap1572 sap-green1578 terre-verte1658 verditer1665 ultramarine blue (or colour)1686 emerald1712 Prussian green1738 Saxon green1753 verditel1778 Brunswick green1790 mountain green1822 Vienna green1825 bladder-green1830 Verona green1835 mitis green1839 Paris green1847 Hooker's green1860 Guignet's green1862 emerald green1879 silk green1880 viridian1882 Cassel green1885 Milori green1885 Victoria green1890 Montpellier green1930 cadmium green1934 guaco1936 Monastral1936 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Green Mountain-Green..is a sort of greenish Powder found..among the Mountains of Kernaussent in Hungary. 1796 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) II. 134 Mountain Green. Chrysocolla. 1822 P. Cleaveland Elem. Treat. Mineral. & Geol. (ed. 2) I. 445 Green Earth..is employed as a pigment, and sometimes called mountain green. 1836–41 W. T. Brande Man. Chem. (ed. 5) 825 The pulverulent variety [of malachite] has been termed chrysocolla and mountain-green. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 456/1 The mineral [sc. malachite], when ground, has been used as a pigment under the name of ‘mountain green’. 1993 A. M. Clark Hey's Mineral Index (ed. 3) 472/2 Mountain green, syn. of malachite and chrysocolla. 2. The dark green colour of various copper minerals (see sense 1) or of mountain vegetations. Also as adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] > shade or tint of green > other greens beech-greenc1450 frost on green1559 sap1572 apple green1648 sap-green1686 myrtle green1717 Brunswick green1790 pistachio1791 pistachio green1793 mountain green1794 lettuce green1834 copper-green1843 canard1872 myrtle1872 leaf-green1880 cress-green1883 cresson1883 watercress green1883 lizard-green1897 jade1921 apple1923 laurel1923 mango1930 laurel-green1938 lettuce1963 mint1967 1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 389 Mountain green hornstone is often debased, apparently by green earth. 1807 A. Aikin & C. R. Aikin Dict. Chem. & Mineral. I. 541 Green Earth... The colour of this mineral is celandine green..passing into mountain and blackish-green. 1835 Penny Cycl. IV. 336/2 Various shades of sky-blue or mountain-green. 1839 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. V. 497 The eggs were very pale mountain-green. 1908 J. Davidson Testament of John Davidson 56 Her loose simarre, A fabric of the freshest mountain green, Rustled above her bosom. 1991 Independent (Nexis) 27 Feb. 17 Kyoto's most alluring features are..the glimpses of mountain green that the inhabitants can see from their doorways in the valley. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > South American and West Indian trees or shrubs > [noun] > others persea1601 mahoe1666 poison berry1672 white mangrove1683 maiden plum1696 angelin1704 garlic-pear1725 milkwood-tree1725 Jack-in-the-box1735 cherimoya1736 rattle bush1750 galapee1756 genip1756 lace bark1756 sunfruit1787 wild orange1802 hog-nut1814 mountain pride1814 savannah wattle1814 mora1825 rubber tree1826 mayflower1837 bastard manchineel1838 long john1838 seringa1847 sack tree1849 jumbie tree1860 jumbie bean1862 king-tree1863 gauze-tree1864 mountain green1864 snowdrop tree1864 strong bark1864 switch-sorrel1864 candle-tree1866 maypole1866 angelique1873 poisonwood1884 porkwood1884 1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 786/1 Mountain-green: Spathelia simplex. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 760/2 Mountain-pride, or Mountain-green, a West Indian name for Spathelia simplex. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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