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Green PapernounMWEa preliminary report of government proposals that is published in order to stimulate discussionverified
Green Pea SoupnounMWEmade of fresh green peas and stock with shredded lettuce onion and celeryverified
Green RevolutionnounMWEthe introduction of pesticides and high-yield grains and better management during the 1960s and 1970s which greatly increased agricultural productivityverified
Green SnakenounMWEeither of two North American chiefly insectivorous snakes that are green in colorverified
Green-Blindnessnoundichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to green light resulting in an inability to distinguish green and purplish-redverified
Greenbriernouna very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berriesverified
Greenhoodnounany of numerous orchids of the genus Pterostylis having leaves in a basal rosette and green flowers often striped purple or brown or red with the dorsal sepal incurved to form a hoodverified
Greenhouse EffectnounMWEwarming that results when solar radiation is trapped by the atmosphereverified
Greenhouse EmissionnounMWEa gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiationverified
Greenhouse GasnounMWEa gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiationverified
Greenhouse WarmingnounMWEwarming that results when solar radiation is trapped by the atmosphereverified
Greenmailnoun(corporation) the practice of purchasing enough shares in a firm to threaten a takeover and thereby forcing the owners to buy those shares back at a premium in order to stay in businessverified
Greetingnoun(usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting)verified
Grey BirchnounMWEmedium-sized birch of eastern North America having white or pale grey bark and valueless woodverified
Grey FloundernounMWEflounder found from North Carolina to Florida and the eastern Gulf of Mexicoverified
Grey GoldenrodnounMWEa dyer's weed of Canada and the eastern United States having yellow flowers sometimes used in dyeingverified
Grey KingbirdnounMWEa kingbird that breeds in the southeastern United States and winters in tropical Americaverified
Grey MarketnounMWEan unofficial market in which goods are bought and sold at prices lower than the official price set by a regulatory agencyverified
Grey PolypodynounMWEfern growing on rocks or tree trunks and having fronds greyish and scurfy belowverified
Grey PoplarnounMWElarge rapidly growing poplar with faintly lobed dentate leaves grey on the lower surfaceverified