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Gray WolfnounMWEa wolf with a brindled grey coat living in forested northern regions of North Americaverified
Grazing LandnounMWEa field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestockverified
Great AnteaternounMWElarge shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful clawsverified
Great BarracudanounMWElarge (up to 6 ft) greyish-brown barracuda highly regarded as a food and sport fishverified
Great BurdocknounMWEburdock having heart-shaped leaves found in open woodland, hedgerows and rough grassland of Europe (except extreme N) and Asia Minorverified
Great CarenounMWEmore attention and consideration than is normally bestowed by prudent personsverified
Great Cerebral VeinnounMWEa cerebral vein formed by the two internal cerebral veins and continuing into the sinus rectusverified
Great CirclenounMWEa circular line on the surface of a sphere formed by intersecting it with a plane passing through the centerverified
Great DuckweednounMWEcosmopolitan except South America and New Zealand and some oceanic islandsverified
Great Grey KangaroonounMWEvery large greyish-brown Australian kangaroo formerly abundant in open wooded areasverified
Great LobelianounMWEtall erect and very leafy perennial herb of eastern North America having dense spikes of blue flowersverified
Great MaplenounMWEEurasian maple tree with pale grey bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore treeverified
Great RagweednounMWEa coarse annual with some leaves deeply and palmately three-cleft or five-cleftverified
Great Solomon's-SealnounMWENorth American perennial herb with smooth foliage and drooping tubular greenish flowersverified
Great St John's WortnounMWEperennial shrub having large star-shaped yellow flowers in narrowly pyramidal cymesverified
Great White HopenounMWEsomeone or something expected to achieve great success in a given field.verified
Great YearnounMWEtime required for one complete cycle of the precession of the equinoxes, about 25,800 yearsverified
Great YellowcressnounMWEperennial herb found on streams and riversides throughout Europe except extreme north and Mediterraneanverified
Great-Leaved MacrophyllanounMWElarge deciduous shrub or tree of southeastern United States having huge leaves in dense false whorls and large creamy flowers tinged purple toward the baseverified
Greater BurdocknounMWEburdock having heart-shaped leaves found in open woodland, hedgerows and rough grassland of Europe (except extreme N) and Asia Minorverified
Greater Butterfly OrchidnounMWEsouth European orchid with dark green flowers that are larger and less fragrant than Platanthera bifoliaverified
Greater MasterwortnounMWEEuropean herb with aromatic roots and leaves in a basal tuft and showy compound umbels of white to rosy flowersverified
Greater OmentumnounMWEpart of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestinesverified
Greater Rhomboid MusclenounMWErhomboid muscle that draws the scapula toward the spinal columnverified
Greater ScaupnounMWElarge scaup of North America having a greenish iridescence on the head of the maleverified
Greater StitchwortnounMWElow-growing north temperate herb having small white star-shaped flowersverified
Greater Water ParsnipnounMWElarge stout white-flowered perennial found wild in shallow fresh waterverified
Greater WhitethroatnounMWEgreyish-brown Old World warbler with a white throat and underpartsverified
Greatest Common DivisornounMWEthe largest integer that divides without remainder into a set of integersverified
Greatest Common FactornounMWEthe largest integer that divides without remainder into a set of integersverified
Greek FretnounMWEan ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief)verified
Greek KeynounMWEan ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief)verified
Greek OrthodoxadjectiveMWEof or relating to or characteristic of the Eastern Orthodox Churchcandidate
Green Adder's MouthnounMWENorth American orchid having a solitary leaf and flowers with threadlike petalsverified
Green Arrow ArumnounMWEperennial herb of the eastern United States having arrowhead-shaped leaves and an elongate pointed spathe and green berriesverified
Green CardnounMWEa card that identifies the bearer as an alien with permanent resident status in the United Statesverified
Green CornnounMWEa corn plant developed in order to have young ears that are sweet and suitable for eatingverified
Green Douglas FirnounMWElofty douglas fir of northwestern North America having short needles and egg-shaped conesverified
Green DragonnounMWEearly spring-flowering plant of eastern North America resembling the related jack-in-the-pulpit but having digitate leaves, slender greenish yellow spathe and elongated spadixverified