vert (redirected from VERTS)

vert  (vûrt)

n.

1. Heraldry The color green.

2.

a. Green vegetation that can serve as cover for deer. Used in English forest law.

b. The right to cut such vegetation.

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[Middle English verte, from Anglo-Norman, feminine of verd; see verderer.]

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vert [vɜːt]

n

1. English legal history

a.  (Law) the right to cut green wood in a forest

b.  (Law) (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) the wood itself

2. (History / Heraldry) (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) Heraldry

a.  the colour green

b.  (as adjective, usually postpositive) a table vert

[from Old French verd, from Latin viridis green, from virēre to grow green]