terre-verte (t r vrt)n. An olive-green pigment commonly made from glauconite, used by artists. [French : terre, earth (from Latin terra; see ters- in Indo-European roots) + verte, feminine of vert, green (from Old French verd; see verdant).] |
terre-verte [ˈtɛəˌvɜːt]
n
(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Dyeing) a greyish-green pigment used in paints, consisting of powdered glauconite
adj
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) of a greyish-green colour
[from French, literally: green earth]
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