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A hydrocarbon obtained from coal-tar residues, and remarkable for its intense yellowish green fluorescence.

• 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.
• Obtainment
  The act or process of obtaining; attainment.
• Fluorescence
  That property which some transparent bodies have of producing at their surface, or within their substance, light different in color from the mass of the material, as when green crystals of fluor spar afford blue reflections. It is due not to the d
• Greenhead
  The mallard.
• Greensward
  Turf green with grass.
• Remarkable
  Worthy of being remarked or noticed; noticeable; conspicuous; hence, uncommon; extraordinary.
• Greenhood
  A state of greenness; verdancy.
• Yellowish
  Somewhat yellow; as, amber is of a yellowish color.
• Greenhorn
  A raw, inexperienced person; one easily imposed upon.
• Greenweed
  See Greenbroom.
• GREENBROOM
  A plant of the genus Genista (G. tinctoria); dyer's weed; -- called also greenweed.
• Greenhouse
  A house in which tender plants are cultivated and sheltered from the weather.

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