3. Immaturity; unripeness; as, the greenness of fruit; inexperience; as, the greenness of youth.
GREENOCKITE
Green"ock*ite, n. Etym: [Named after Lord Greenock.] (Min.)
Defn: Native cadmium sulphide, a mineral occurring in yellow hexagonal crystals, also as an earthy incrustation.
GREENROOM
Green"room` (gren"room`), n.
Defn: The retiring room of actors and actresses in a theater.
GREENSAND
Green"sand` (-s, n. (Geol.)
Defn: A variety of sandstone, usually imperfectly consolidated, consisting largely of glauconite, a silicate of iron and potash of a green color, mixed with sand and a trace of phosphate of lime.
Note: Greensand is often called marl, because it is a useful fertilizer. The greensand beds of the American Cretaceous belong mostly to the Upper Cretaceous.
GREENSHANK
Green"shank`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A European sandpiper or snipe (Totanus canescens); — called also greater plover.