griot
- n a storyteller in West Africa; perpetuates the oral traditions of a family or village
grenadine
- n thin syrup made from pomegranate juice; used in mixed drinks
gresham's law
- n (economics) the principle that when two kinds of money having the same denominational value are in circulation the intrinsically more valuable money will be hoarded and the money of lower intrinsic value will circulate more freely until the intrinsically more valuable money is driven out of circulation; bad money drives out good; credited to Sir Thomas Gresham
greta garbo
- n United States film actress (born in Sweden) known for her reclusiveness (1905-1990)
greta louisa gustafsson
- n United States film actress (born in Sweden) known for her reclusiveness (1905-1990)
grevillea banksii
- n tall shrub with cylindrical racemes of red flowers and pinnatifid leaves silky and grey beneath; eastern Australia
grevillea robusta
- n medium to tall fast-growing tree with orange flowers and feathery bipinnate leaves silky-hairy beneath; eastern Australia
grevillela parallela
- n small slender tree with usually entire grey-green pendulous leaves and white or cream-colored flowers; northern Australia