'Mountain green' definitions:

Definition of 'Mountain green'

From: GCIDE
  • Mountain \Moun"tain\ (moun"t[i^]n), a.
  • 1. Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or living on a mountain; found on or peculiar to mountains; among mountains; as, a mountain torrent; mountain pines; mountain goats; mountain air; mountain howitzer. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Like a mountain; mountainous; vast; very great. [1913 Webster]
  • The high, the mountain majesty of worth. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
  • Mountain antelope (Zool.), the goral.
  • Mountain ash (Bot.), an ornamental tree, the {Pyrus Americana} (or Sorbus Americana), producing beautiful bunches of red berries. Its leaves are pinnate, and its flowers white, growing in fragrant clusters. The European species is the Pyrus aucuparia, or rowan tree.
  • Mountain barometer, a portable barometer, adapted for safe transportation, used in measuring the heights of mountains.
  • Mountain beaver (Zool.), the sewellel.
  • Mountain blue (Min.), blue carbonate of copper; azurite.
  • Mountain cat (Zool.), the catamount. See Catamount.
  • Mountain chain, a series of contiguous mountain ranges, generally in parallel or consecutive lines or curves.
  • Mountain cock (Zool.), capercailzie. See Capercailzie.
  • Mountain cork (Min.), a variety of asbestus, resembling cork in its texture.
  • Mountain crystal. See under Crystal.
  • Mountain damson (Bot.), a large tree of the genus Simaruba (Simaruba amarga) growing in the West Indies, which affords a bitter tonic and astringent, sometimes used in medicine.
  • Mountain dew, Scotch whisky, so called because often illicitly distilled among the mountains. [Humorous]
  • Mountain ebony (Bot.), a small leguminous tree ({Bauhinia variegata}) of the East and West Indies; -- so called because of its dark wood. The bark is used medicinally and in tanning.
  • Mountain flax (Min.), a variety of asbestus, having very fine fibers; amianthus. See Amianthus.
  • Mountain fringe (Bot.), climbing fumitory. See under Fumitory.
  • Mountain goat. (Zool.) See Mazama.
  • Mountain green. (Min.) (a) Green malachite, or carbonate of copper. (b) See Green earth, under Green, a.
  • Mountain holly (Bot.), a branching shrub ({Nemopanthes Canadensis}), having smooth oblong leaves and red berries. It is found in the Northern United States.
  • Mountain laurel (Bot.), an American shrub ({Kalmia latifolia}) with glossy evergreen leaves and showy clusters of rose-colored or white flowers. The foliage is poisonous. Called also American laurel, ivy bush, and calico bush. See Kalmia.
  • Mountain leather (Min.), a variety of asbestus, resembling leather in its texture.
  • Mountain licorice (Bot.), a plant of the genus Trifolium (Trifolium Alpinum).
  • Mountain limestone (Geol.), a series of marine limestone strata below the coal measures, and above the old red standstone of Great Britain. See Chart of Geology.
  • Mountain linnet (Zool.), the twite.
  • Mountain magpie. (Zool.) (a) The yaffle, or green woodpecker. (b) The European gray shrike.
  • Mountain mahogany (Bot.) See under Mahogany.
  • Mountain meal (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite, occurring as an efflorescence.
  • Mountain milk (Min.), a soft spongy variety of carbonate of lime.
  • Mountain mint. (Bot.) See Mint.
  • Mountain ousel (Zool.), the ring ousel; -- called also mountain thrush and mountain colley. See Ousel.
  • Mountain pride, or Mountain green (Bot.), a tree of Jamaica (Spathelia simplex), which has an unbranched palmlike stem, and a terminal cluster of large, pinnate leaves.
  • Mountain quail (Zool.), the plumed partridge ({Oreortyx pictus}) of California. It has two long, slender, plumelike feathers on the head. The throat and sides are chestnut; the belly is brown with transverse bars of black and white; the neck and breast are dark gray.
  • Mountain range, a series of mountains closely related in position and direction.
  • Mountain rice. (Bot.) (a) An upland variety of rice, grown without irrigation, in some parts of Asia, Europe, and the United States. (b) An American genus of grasses (Oryzopsis).
  • Mountain rose (Bot.), a species of rose with solitary flowers, growing in the mountains of Europe ({Rosa alpina}).
  • Mountain soap (Min.), a soft earthy mineral, of a brownish color, used in crayon painting; saxonite.
  • Mountain sorrel (Bot.), a low perennial plant ({Oxyria digyna} with rounded kidney-form leaves, and small greenish flowers, found in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and in high northern latitudes. --Gray.
  • Mountain sparrow (Zool.), the European tree sparrow.
  • Mountain spinach. (Bot.) See Orach.
  • Mountain tobacco (Bot.), a composite plant ({Arnica montana}) of Europe; called also leopard's bane.
  • Mountain witch (Zool.), a ground pigeon of Jamaica, of the genus Geotrygon. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Mountain green'

From: GCIDE
  • Mountain \Moun"tain\ (moun"t[i^]n), a.
  • 1. Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or living on a mountain; found on or peculiar to mountains; among mountains; as, a mountain torrent; mountain pines; mountain goats; mountain air; mountain howitzer. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Like a mountain; mountainous; vast; very great. [1913 Webster]
  • The high, the mountain majesty of worth. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
  • Mountain antelope (Zool.), the goral.
  • Mountain ash (Bot.), an ornamental tree, the {Pyrus Americana} (or Sorbus Americana), producing beautiful bunches of red berries. Its leaves are pinnate, and its flowers white, growing in fragrant clusters. The European species is the Pyrus aucuparia, or rowan tree.
  • Mountain barometer, a portable barometer, adapted for safe transportation, used in measuring the heights of mountains.
  • Mountain beaver (Zool.), the sewellel.
  • Mountain blue (Min.), blue carbonate of copper; azurite.
  • Mountain cat (Zool.), the catamount. See Catamount.
  • Mountain chain, a series of contiguous mountain ranges, generally in parallel or consecutive lines or curves.
  • Mountain cock (Zool.), capercailzie. See Capercailzie.
  • Mountain cork (Min.), a variety of asbestus, resembling cork in its texture.
  • Mountain crystal. See under Crystal.
  • Mountain damson (Bot.), a large tree of the genus Simaruba (Simaruba amarga) growing in the West Indies, which affords a bitter tonic and astringent, sometimes used in medicine.
  • Mountain dew, Scotch whisky, so called because often illicitly distilled among the mountains. [Humorous]
  • Mountain ebony (Bot.), a small leguminous tree ({Bauhinia variegata}) of the East and West Indies; -- so called because of its dark wood. The bark is used medicinally and in tanning.
  • Mountain flax (Min.), a variety of asbestus, having very fine fibers; amianthus. See Amianthus.
  • Mountain fringe (Bot.), climbing fumitory. See under Fumitory.
  • Mountain goat. (Zool.) See Mazama.
  • Mountain green. (Min.) (a) Green malachite, or carbonate of copper. (b) See Green earth, under Green, a.
  • Mountain holly (Bot.), a branching shrub ({Nemopanthes Canadensis}), having smooth oblong leaves and red berries. It is found in the Northern United States.
  • Mountain laurel (Bot.), an American shrub ({Kalmia latifolia}) with glossy evergreen leaves and showy clusters of rose-colored or white flowers. The foliage is poisonous. Called also American laurel, ivy bush, and calico bush. See Kalmia.
  • Mountain leather (Min.), a variety of asbestus, resembling leather in its texture.
  • Mountain licorice (Bot.), a plant of the genus Trifolium (Trifolium Alpinum).
  • Mountain limestone (Geol.), a series of marine limestone strata below the coal measures, and above the old red standstone of Great Britain. See Chart of Geology.
  • Mountain linnet (Zool.), the twite.
  • Mountain magpie. (Zool.) (a) The yaffle, or green woodpecker. (b) The European gray shrike.
  • Mountain mahogany (Bot.) See under Mahogany.
  • Mountain meal (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite, occurring as an efflorescence.
  • Mountain milk (Min.), a soft spongy variety of carbonate of lime.
  • Mountain mint. (Bot.) See Mint.
  • Mountain ousel (Zool.), the ring ousel; -- called also mountain thrush and mountain colley. See Ousel.
  • Mountain pride, or Mountain green (Bot.), a tree of Jamaica (Spathelia simplex), which has an unbranched palmlike stem, and a terminal cluster of large, pinnate leaves.
  • Mountain quail (Zool.), the plumed partridge ({Oreortyx pictus}) of California. It has two long, slender, plumelike feathers on the head. The throat and sides are chestnut; the belly is brown with transverse bars of black and white; the neck and breast are dark gray.
  • Mountain range, a series of mountains closely related in position and direction.
  • Mountain rice. (Bot.) (a) An upland variety of rice, grown without irrigation, in some parts of Asia, Europe, and the United States. (b) An American genus of grasses (Oryzopsis).
  • Mountain rose (Bot.), a species of rose with solitary flowers, growing in the mountains of Europe ({Rosa alpina}).
  • Mountain soap (Min.), a soft earthy mineral, of a brownish color, used in crayon painting; saxonite.
  • Mountain sorrel (Bot.), a low perennial plant ({Oxyria digyna} with rounded kidney-form leaves, and small greenish flowers, found in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and in high northern latitudes. --Gray.
  • Mountain sparrow (Zool.), the European tree sparrow.
  • Mountain spinach. (Bot.) See Orach.
  • Mountain tobacco (Bot.), a composite plant ({Arnica montana}) of Europe; called also leopard's bane.
  • Mountain witch (Zool.), a ground pigeon of Jamaica, of the genus Geotrygon. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Mountain green'

From: GCIDE
  • Green \Green\ (gr[=e]n), n.
  • 1. The color of growing plants; the color of the solar spectrum intermediate between the yellow and the blue. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A grassy plain or plat; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage; as, the village green. [1913 Webster]
  • O'er the smooth enameled green. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths; -- usually in the plural. [1913 Webster]
  • In that soft season when descending showers Call forth the greens, and wake the rising flowers. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. pl. Leaves and stems of young plants, as spinach, beets, etc., which in their green state are boiled for food. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Any substance or pigment of a green color. [1913 Webster]
  • Alkali green (Chem.), an alkali salt of a sulphonic acid derivative of a complex aniline dye, resembling emerald green; -- called also Helvetia green.
  • Berlin green. (Chem.) See under Berlin.
  • Brilliant green (Chem.), a complex aniline dye, resembling emerald green in composition.
  • Brunswick green, an oxychloride of copper.
  • Chrome green. See under Chrome.
  • Emerald green. (Chem.) (a) A complex basic derivative of aniline produced as a metallic, green crystalline substance, and used for dyeing silk, wool, and mordanted vegetable fiber a brilliant green; -- called also aldehyde green, acid green, malachite green, Victoria green, solid green, etc. It is usually found as a double chloride, with zinc chloride, or as an oxalate. (b) See Paris green (below).
  • Gaignet's green (Chem.) a green pigment employed by the French artist, Adrian Gusgnet, and consisting essentially of a basic hydrate of chromium.
  • Methyl green (Chem.), an artificial rosaniline dyestuff, obtained as a green substance having a brilliant yellow luster; -- called also light-green.
  • Mineral green. See under Mineral.
  • Mountain green. See Green earth, under Green, a.
  • Paris green (Chem.), a poisonous green powder, consisting of a mixture of several double salts of the acetate and arsenite of copper. It has found very extensive use as a pigment for wall paper, artificial flowers, etc., but particularly as an exterminator of insects, as the potato bug; -- called also Schweinfurth green, {imperial green}, Vienna green, emerald qreen, and {mitis green}.
  • Scheele's green (Chem.), a green pigment, consisting essentially of a hydrous arsenite of copper; -- called also Swedish green. It may enter into various pigments called parrot green, pickel green, Brunswick green, nereid green, or emerald green. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'mountain green'

From: GCIDE
  • Green \Green\ (gr[=e]n), a. [Compar. Greener (gr[=e]n"[~e]r); superl. Greenest.] [OE. grene, AS. gr[=e]ne; akin to D. groen, OS. gr[=o]ni, OHG. gruoni, G. gr["u]n, Dan. & Sw. gr["o]n, Icel. gr[ae]nn; fr. the root of E. grow. See Grow.]
  • 1. Having the color of grass when fresh and growing; resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emerald. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Having a sickly color; wan. [1913 Webster]
  • To look so green and pale. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Full of life and vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent; as, a green manhood; a green wound. [1913 Webster]
  • As valid against such an old and beneficent government as against . . . the greenest usurpation. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green fruit, corn, vegetables, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Not roasted; half raw. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • We say the meat is green when half roasted. --L. Watts. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. Immature in age, judgment, or experience; inexperienced; young; raw; not trained; awkward; as, green in years or judgment. [1913 Webster]
  • I might be angry with the officious zeal which supposes that its green conceptions can instruct my gray hairs. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as, green wood, timber, etc. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. (Politics) Concerned especially with protection of the enviroment; -- of political parties and political philosophies; as, the European green parties. [PJC]
  • Green brier (Bot.), a thorny climbing shrub ({Emilaz rotundifolia}) having a yellowish green stem and thick leaves, with small clusters of flowers, common in the United States; -- called also cat brier.
  • Green con (Zool.), the pollock.
  • Green crab (Zool.), an edible, shore crab ({Carcinus menas}) of Europe and America; -- in New England locally named joe-rocker.
  • Green crop, a crop used for food while in a growing or unripe state, as distingushed from a grain crop, root crop, etc.
  • Green diallage. (Min.) (a) Diallage, a variety of pyroxene. (b) Smaragdite.
  • Green dragon (Bot.), a North American herbaceous plant (Aris[ae]ma Dracontium), resembling the Indian turnip; -- called also dragon root.
  • Green earth (Min.), a variety of glauconite, found in cavities in amygdaloid and other eruptive rock, and used as a pigment by artists; -- called also mountain green.
  • Green ebony. (a) A south American tree (Jacaranda ovalifolia), having a greenish wood, used for rulers, turned and inlaid work, and in dyeing. (b) The West Indian green ebony. See Ebony.
  • Green fire (Pyrotech.), a composition which burns with a green flame. It consists of sulphur and potassium chlorate, with some salt of barium (usually the nitrate), to which the color of the flame is due.
  • Green fly (Zool.), any green species of plant lice or aphids, esp. those that infest greenhouse plants.
  • Green gage, (Bot.) See Greengage, in the Vocabulary.
  • Green gland (Zool.), one of a pair of large green glands in Crustacea, supposed to serve as kidneys. They have their outlets at the bases of the larger antenn[ae].
  • Green hand, a novice. [Colloq.]
  • Green heart (Bot.), the wood of a lauraceous tree found in the West Indies and in South America, used for shipbuilding or turnery. The green heart of Jamaica and Guiana is the Nectandra Rodi[oe]i, that of Martinique is the Colubrina ferruginosa.
  • Green iron ore (Min.) dufrenite.
  • Green laver (Bot.), an edible seaweed (Ulva latissima); -- called also green sloke.
  • Green lead ore (Min.), pyromorphite.
  • Green linnet (Zool.), the greenfinch.
  • Green looper (Zool.), the cankerworm.
  • Green marble (Min.), serpentine.
  • Green mineral, a carbonate of copper, used as a pigment. See Greengill.
  • Green monkey (Zool.) a West African long-tailed monkey (Cercopithecus callitrichus), very commonly tamed, and trained to perform tricks. It was introduced into the West Indies early in the last century, and has become very abundant there.
  • Green salt of Magnus (Old Chem.), a dark green crystalline salt, consisting of ammonia united with certain chlorides of platinum.
  • Green sand (Founding) molding sand used for a mold while slightly damp, and not dried before the cast is made.
  • Green sea (Naut.), a wave that breaks in a solid mass on a vessel's deck.
  • Green sickness (Med.), chlorosis.
  • Green snake (Zool.), one of two harmless American snakes (Cyclophis vernalis, and C. [ae]stivus). They are bright green in color.
  • Green turtle (Zool.), an edible marine turtle. See Turtle.
  • Green vitriol. (a) (Chem.) Sulphate of iron; a light green crystalline substance, very extensively used in the preparation of inks, dyes, mordants, etc. (b) (Min.) Same as copperas, melanterite and {sulphate of iron}.
  • Green ware, articles of pottery molded and shaped, but not yet baked.
  • Green woodpecker (Zool.), a common European woodpecker (Picus viridis); -- called also yaffle. [1913 Webster]

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