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verditer definition

ver·di·ter (vʉr′di tər)

noun

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

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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