Green-broom noun (Botany) A plant of the genus Genista ( G. tinctoria ); dyer's weed; -- called also greenweed .

Green-eyed adjective
1. Having green eyes.

2. Seeing everything through a medium which discolors or distorts. " Green-eyed jealousy." Shak.

Green-leek noun (Zoology) An Australian parrakeet ( Polytelis Barrabandi ); -- called also the scarlet-breasted parrot .

Green-stall noun A stall at which greens and fresh vegetables are exposed for sale.

Greencloth (-klŏth`; 115) noun A board or court of justice formerly held in the counting house of the British sovereign's household, composed of the lord steward and his officers, and having cognizance of matters of justice in the household, with power to correct offenders and keep the peace within the verge of the palace, which extends two hundred yards beyond the gates.

Greenery noun Green plants; verdure.

A pretty little one-storied abode, so rural, so smothered in greenery .

J. Ingelow.

Greenfinch noun (Zoology)
1. A European finch ( Ligurinus chloris ); -- called also green bird , green linnet , green grosbeak , green olf , greeny , and peasweep .

2. The Texas sparrow ( Embernagra rufivirgata ), in which the general color is olive green, with four rufous stripes on the head.

Greenfish noun (Zoology) See Bluefish , and Pollock .

Greengage noun (Botany) 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 .

Greengill noun (Zoology) An oyster which has the gills tinged with a green pigment, said to be due to an abnormal condition of the blood.

Greengrocer noun A retailer of vegetables or fruits in their fresh or green state.

Greenhead noun (Zoology) (a) The mallard. (b) The striped bass. See Bass .

Greenhead, Greenhood noun A state of greenness; verdancy. Chaucer.

Greenhorn noun A raw, inexperienced person; one easily imposed upon. W. Irving.

Greenhouse noun A house in which tender plants are cultivated and sheltered from the weather.

Greening noun A greenish apple, of several varieties, among which the Rhode Island greening is the best known for its fine-grained acid flesh and its excellent keeping quality.

Greenish adjective Somewhat green; having a tinge of green; as, a greenish yellow. -- Green"ish*ness , noun

Greenlander noun A native of Greenland.

Greenlet noun
1. (Zoology) One of numerous species of small American singing birds, of the genus Vireo , as the solitary, or blue- headed ( Vireo solitarius ); the brotherly-love ( V. Philadelphicus ); the warbling greenlet ( V. gilvus ); the yellow-throated greenlet ( V. flavifrons ) and others. See Vireo .

2. (Zoöl,) Any species of Cyclorhis , a genus of tropical American birds allied to the tits.

Greenly adverb With a green color; newly; freshly, immaturely. -- adjective Of a green color. [ Obsolete]

Greenness noun [ Anglo-Saxon grēnnes . See Green. ]
1. The quality of being green; viridity; verdancy; as, the greenness of grass, or of a meadow.

2. Freshness; vigor; newness.

3. Immaturity; unripeness; as, the greenness of fruit; inexperience; as, the greenness of youth.

Greenockite noun [ Named after Lord Greenock .] (Min.) Native cadmium sulphide, a mineral occurring in yellow hexagonal crystals, also as an earthy incrustation.

Greenroom (grēn"room`) noun The retiring room of actors and actresses in a theater.

Greensand (-s...nd`) noun (Geol.) A variety of sandstone, usually imperfectly consolidated, consisting largely of glauconite, a silicate of iron and potash of a green color, mixed with sand and a trace of phosphate of lime.

» Greensand is often called marl , because it is a useful fertilizer. The greensand beds of the American Cretaceous belong mostly to the Upper Cretaceous.

Greenshank noun (Zoology) A European sandpiper or snipe ( Totanus canescens ); -- called also greater plover .

Greenstone (grēn"stōn`) noun [ So called from a tinge of green in the color.] (Geol.) A name formerly applied rather loosely to certain dark-colored igneous rocks, including diorite, diabase, etc.

Greensward (-sward') noun Turf green with grass.

Greenth (grēnth) noun [ Confer Growth.] The state or quality of being green; verdure. [ R.]

The greenth of summer.

G. Eliot.

Greenweed noun (Botany) See Greenbroom .

Greenwood noun A forest as it appears in spring and summer.

Greenwood adjective Pertaining to a greenwood; as, a greenwood shade. Dryden.

Greet adjective Great. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Greet intransitive verb [ Middle English greten , Anglo-Saxon grǣtan , grētan ; akin to Icelandic grāta , Swedish gråta , Danish græde , Goth. grēctan ; confer Sanskrit hrād to sound, roar. √50.] To weep; to cry; to lament. [ Obsolete or Scot.] [ Written also greit .] Spenser.

Greet noun Mourning. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Greet transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Greeted ; present participle & verbal noun Greeting .] [ Middle English greten , Anglo-Saxon grētan to address, approach; akin to Old Saxon grōtian , LG. gröten , Dutch groeten , Old High German gruozzen , German grüssen . √50.]
1. To address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes; to salute; to hail; to welcome; to accost with friendship; to pay respects or compliments to, either personally or through the intervention of another, or by writing or token.

My lord, the mayor of London comes to greet you.

Shak.

2. To come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the heart glad.

In vain the spring my senses greets .

Addison.

3. To accost; to address. Pope.

Greet intransitive verb To meet and give salutations.

There greet in silence, as the dead are wont, And sleep in peace.

Shak.

Greet noun Greeting. [ Obsolete] F. Beaumont.

Greeter noun One who greets or salutes another.

Greeter noun One who weeps or mourns. [ Obsolete]

Greeting noun Expression of kindness or joy; salutation at meeting; a compliment from one absent.

Write to him . . . gentle adieus and greetings.

Shak.

Syn. -- Salutation; salute; compliment.

Greeve noun See Grieve , an overseer.

Greeze noun A step. See Gree , a step. [ Obsolete]

The top of the ladder, or first greeze , is this.

Latimer.

Greffier noun [ French, from Late Latin grafarius , graphiarius , from Latin graphium , a writing style; confer F. greffe a record office. See Graft , and confer Graffer. ] A registrar or recorder; a notary. [ Obsolete] Bp. Hall.

Gregal adjective [ Latin gregalis, from grex , gregis , herd.] Pertaining to, or like, a flock.

For this gregal conformity there is an excuse.

W. S. Mayo.

Gregarian adjective Gregarious; belonging to the herd or common sort; common. [ Obsolete] "The gregarian soldiers." Howell.

Gregarine adjective (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the Gregarinæ. -- noun One of the Gregarinæ.

Gregarinida Gregarinæ.

Gregarinæ noun plural [ New Latin , from Gregarina the typical genus, from Latin gregarius . See Gregarious .] (Zoology) An order of Protozoa, allied to the Rhizopoda, and parasitic in other animals, as in the earthworm, lobster, etc. When adult, they have a small, wormlike body inclosing a nucleus, but without external organs; in one of the young stages, they are amœbiform; -- called also Gregarinida , and Gregarinaria .

Gregarious adjective [ Latin gregarius , from grex , gregis , herd; confer Greek ... to assemble, Sanskrit jar to approach. Confer Congregate , Egregious .] Habitually living or moving in flocks or herds; tending to flock or herd together; not habitually solitary or living alone. Burke.

No birds of prey are gregarious .

Ray.

-- Gre*ga"ri*ous*ly , adverb -- Gre*ga"ri*ous*ness , noun

Grege, Gregge transitive verb [ Middle English gregier to burden.] To make heavy; to increase. [ Obsolete] Wyclif.