verditer

(vʉr′di tər)

noun

either of two basic copper carbonate pigments, the one () usually consisting of ground azurite, the other () ground malachite

Origin: MFr verd de terre, lit., green of the earth < OFr verte + L terra: see vert & terra

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noun

Either of two basic carbonates of copper, used as a blue or green pigment.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , alteration of Old French verd de terre, green of earth

Origin: : verd, green; see verdant

Origin: + de, of; see verdigris

Origin: + terre, earth (from Latin terra; see ters- in Indo-European roots)

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