green earth
noun
1
: terre verte sense 2
2
: any of various naturally occurring silicates especially of iron used chiefly as bases for green basic dyes
called also terre verte
Word History
Etymology
translation of French terre verte or Italian terra verde
First Known Use
1695, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- back gear
- back gearing
- back gray
- back herring
- back home
- back in
- back in action
- back in business
- back in circulation
- back in/into circulation
- back into
- back into circulation
- back is against the wall
- back is to the wall
- back is to/against the wall
- back issues
- back judge
- back line
- back lines
- back load
- back loop jump
- back lot
- back lots
- back marker
- back matter