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  • grey-eye
    [cf. US Black gray white, Caucasian (Claerbaut 1972); cf DJE Grey-bo, grey people albinos, by folk etymology from Grebo, a
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  • green turtle bough
    [perhaps because this turtle is found in its swampy habitat] n. a tree, Avicennia nitida: 1920 (Britton 375). = BLACKWOOD,
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  • Green Turtle
    n. nickname for a native of Green Turtle Cay off Abaco. (White)
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  • green tea
    [Trin. idem (Winer); DAE, tea cured in such a way as to prevent the occurrence of such chemical changes as
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  • green moray
    n. an eel, Gymnothorax funebris: 1968 (Böhlke 84). (Gen.)
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  • green lizard
    [Car.] n. a particular kind of lizard, Anolis sp. (Black)
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  • Greenleaf
    n. the name of a folk-tale character, the beautiful daughter of the king whose hand in marriage is offered as
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  • green ebony
    [DJE idem, "alluding to the colour of the wood"] n. a tree, Byra ebenus: 1889 (Gardner 377). (Black)
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  • green corn
    [Car.; OED, unripe and tender ears of maize, commonly cooked as a table vegetable (US] n. maize that is mature
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  • green
    [OED, of plants: retraining the natural moisture, not dried] adj. (of coffee) unroasted: 1977 (Albury 20). (Long)
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