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greengrocery
  • n  groceries sold by a greengrocer
  • n  a greengrocer's grocery store
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greenhood
  • n  any of numerous orchids of the genus Pterostylis having leaves in a basal rosette and green flowers often striped purple or brown or red with the dorsal sepal incurved to form a hood
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greenhouse effect
  • n  warming that results when solar radiation is trapped by the atmosphere; caused by atmospheric gases that allow sunshine to pass through but absorb heat that is radiated back from the warmed surface of the earth
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greenhouse emission
  • n  a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation
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greenhouse gas
  • n  a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation
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greenhouse warming
  • n  warming that results when solar radiation is trapped by the atmosphere; caused by atmospheric gases that allow sunshine to pass through but absorb heat that is radiated back from the warmed surface of the earth
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greening
  • n  the phenomenon of vitality and freshness being restored
  • v  turn or become green
    The trees are greening
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greenland
  • n  the largest island in the world; lies between the North Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean; a self-governing province of Denmark
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