VIRIDESCENCE
Vir`i*des"cence, n.
Defn: Quality or state of being viridescent.
VIRIDESCENT Vir`i*des"cent, a. Etym: [L. viridescens, p. pr. of viridescere to grow green.]
Defn: Slightly green; greenish.
VIRIDINE
Vir"i*dine, n. Etym: [L. viridis green.] (Chem.)
Defn: A greenish, oily, nitrogenous hydrocarbon, C12H19N7, obtained from coal tar, and probably consisting of a mixture of several metameric compounds which are higher derivatives of the base pyridine.
VIRIDITE
Vir"i*dite, n. Etym: [L. viridis green.] (Min.)
Defn: A greenish chloritic mineral common in certain igneous rocks, as diabase, as a result of alternation.
VIRIDITY Vi*rid"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. viriditas, fr. viridis green: cf. F. viridité. See Verdant.]
1. Greenness; verdure; the color of grass and foliage.