Word Meanings - HAIRSTREAK - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A butterfly of the genus Thecla; as, the green hairstreak (T. rubi).

• Greengage
  A kind of plum of medium size, roundish shape, greenish flesh, and delicious flavor. It is called in France Reine Claude, after the queen of Francis I. See Gage.
• Greenshank
  A European sandpiper or snipe (Totanus canescens); -- called also greater plover.
• Greengill
  An oyster which has the gills tinged with a green pigment, said to be due to an abnormal condition of the blood.
• Green-stall
  A stall at which greens and fresh vegetables are exposed for sale.
• Greengrocer
  A retailer of vegetables or fruits in their fresh or green state.
• Greenstone
  A name formerly applied rather loosely to certain dark-colored igneous rocks, including diorite, diabase, etc.
• Greenhead
  The mallard.
• Greensward
  Turf green with grass.
• Greenhood
  A state of greenness; verdancy.
• Greenhorn
  A raw, inexperienced person; one easily imposed upon.
• Greenweed
  See Greenbroom.
• Greenhouse
  A house in which tender plants are cultivated and sheltered from the weather.
• Greenwood
  A forest as it appears is spring and summer.

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