adj 1  :  of the color green  2  of a wound  :  being recently incurred and unhealed  3  of hemolytic streptococci  :  tending to produce green pigment when cultured on blood media
n 1  :  a color whose hue is somewhat less yellow than that of growing fresh grass or of the emerald or is that of the part of the spectrum lying between blue and yellow  2  :  a pigment or dye that colors green - see JANUS GREEN  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  ca·ri·na  carinii  corn  cor·nea 
 
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