green goose noun

1. A young goose (dialect)
2. A simpleton (old slang)

green gown noun (archaic)

A roll on the grass (sometimes but not always understood to imply loss of virginity)

greenˈgrocer noun

1. A dealer in fresh vegetables and fruit
2. A large green cicada (Aust)

greengrocer's apostrophe noun

Same as grocer's apostrophe (see undergrocer)

greenˈgrocery noun

The produce sold by a greengrocer

greenˈhand noun

An inferior sailor

greenˈheart noun

Bebeeru (Nectandra rodiaei), a S American tree of the family Lauraceae with very hard wood

greenˈhorn noun

A raw, inexperienced youth

greenˈhouse noun

1. A glasshouse for plants, esp one with little or no artificial heating
2. The cockpit of an aircraft, having transparent sides (RAF sl)

greenhouse effect noun

The warming-up of the earth's surface due to the trapping of solar radiation, which would otherwise be reflected back into space, by carbon dioxide (produced by the burning of fossil fuels, chlorofluorocarbons, natural methane emissions, etc) and other greenhouse gases

greenhouse gas noun

A gas (esp carbon dioxide, also ozone, methane, nitrous oxide and chlorofluorocarbons) that contributes to the greenhouse effect

Green Isle or Emerald Isle noun

Ireland

greenˈ-keeper noun

A person who has the care of a golf course or bowling green

green label, green labelling same as eco-label, eco-labelling (see under eco-).

green leek noun

Any of various Australian parrots with green plumage

green light noun

1. A traffic signal indicating that vehicles may advance
2. Permission to go ahead
3. Any signal or indication of consent or encouragement, as in get the green light (informal)

greenlight' transitive verb

To give permission to proceed

green linnet see greenfinch above.

greenˈmail noun (US)

A form of business blackmail whereby a company buys a strategically significant block of shares in another company, sufficient to threaten takeover and thus to force the parent company to buy back the shares at a premium

greenˈmailer noun

green man noun

1. An illuminated green figure at a pedestrian crossing that indicates that it is safe to cross the road
2. (in British folklore) a figure symbolizing fertility, often depicted with branches and greenery protruding from his mouth

green manuring noun

Growing one crop (green manure) and digging it under to fertilize its successor

green monkey noun

A W African long-tailed monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops (green monkey disease a sometimes fatal filovirus disease with fever and haemorrhaging, orig identified among technicians handling green monkeys in Marburg, Germany (also called Marburg disease))

green paper noun

(often with caps) a statement of proposed government policy, intended as a basis for parliamentary discussion

Green Party noun

A party principally concerned with the conservation of natural resources and the decentralization of political and economic power

Greenˈpeace noun

An environmental pressure group which campaigns esp against nuclear power and dumping, and also whaling

green pepper see under pepper

green plover noun

The lapwing

green pound noun

The agreed value of the pound used to express EU farm prices in sterling and to measure the level of Britain's contribution under the Common Agricultural Policy

green ray see green flash above.

green revolution noun

Agricultural advances in developing countries

green road or green way noun

A grassy country track used by walkers

greenˈroom noun

In a theatre, a room for actors to relax or entertain guests in, etc backstage, traditionally and typically having the walls coloured green

greenˈsand noun

1. A sandstone containing much glauconite
2. (with cap) two divisions (Lower and Upper) of the Cretaceous system, separated by the Gault (geology)

green screen noun

(in film, television, etc) a green-coloured background against which material may be shot for superimposition elsewhere

greenˈ-screen adjective

green seaweeds see green algae above.

greenˈshank noun

A large sandpiper with long, somewhat greenish legs

green shoots plural noun

Signs of regeneration or improvement, as in an economy

green sickness noun

Chlorosis

green snake noun

A harmless colubrine snake common in southern USA

greenˈspeak noun

Ecological jargon, the terminology of green issues, or that used by green activists and supporters

greenstick fracture see under fracture

green stocks plural noun (commerce)

Shares of an organization engaged in combating pollution, or professing to avoid it in the manufacture of its products

greenˈstone noun

1. A vague name for any basic or intermediate igneous rock (geology)
2. Nephrite

greenˈstuff noun

Green vegetables, esp of the cabbage kind

greenˈsward noun (archaic or literary)

Land covered with grass

green tax noun

A tax imposed with the intention of discouraging activities that may damage the environment

green tea noun

Tea made from leaves that have been dried without fermentation and retain a light colour

green turtle noun

A tropical and subtropical sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) with a greenish shell (see turtle¹)

green vitriol noun

Ferrous sulphate

greenˈwash noun (facetious)

A specious overlay, or ineffectual display, of concern for the environment (also transitive verb)

green way see green road above.

greenˈweed noun

A name given to certain half-shrubby species of Genista

green-wellˈie adjective

Of, belonging to or relating to the British upper-class country-dwelling set (represented stereotypically as wearing a certain kind of heavy green wellingtons)

greenˈwood noun

A leafy wood or forest (also adjective)

green woodpecker noun

A Eurasian woodpecker (Picus viridis), having green plumage with a red crown

green about the gills (informal)

Looking or feeling sick

something green in one's eye (informal)

A sign that one is gullible