cyanobacteria
blue-green algae | predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms containing a blue pigment in addition to chlorophyll, occur singly or in colonies in diverse habitats, important as phytoplankton |
| yellow-green algae | any alga of the division Chrysophyta with its chlorophyll masked by yellow pigment |
green algae
chlorophyte | algae that are clear green in color, often growing on wet ricks or damp wood or the surface of stagnant water |
green-tailed towhee
Chlorura chlorura | towhee of the Rocky Mountains |
| broadbill | small birds of the Old World tropics having bright plumage and short wide bills |
green frog
spring frog Rana clamitans | similar to bullfrog, found in or near marshes and ponds, of United States and Canada |
Eurasian green toad
Bufo viridis | Eurasian toad with variable chiefly green coloring |
American green toad
Bufo debilis | small green or yellow-green toad with small black bars and stripes |
green turtle
Chelonia mydas | large tropical turtle with greenish flesh used for turtle soup |
green lizard
Lacerta viridis | a common Eurasian lizard about a foot long |
| green snake grass snake | either of two North American chiefly insectivorous snakes that are green in color |
smooth green snake
Opheodrys vernalis | of western and central United States |
rough green snake
Opheodrys aestivus | of southern and eastern United States |
| green snake | any of numerous African colubrid snakes |
| green mamba | green phase of the black mamba |
green peafowl
Pavo muticus | peafowl of southeast Asia |
green woodpecker
Picus viridis | woodpecker of Europe and western Asia |
greenwing
green-winged teal
Anas crecca | common teal of Eurasia and North America |
shoveler
shoveller
broadbill Anas clypeata | freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill |
scaup
scaup duck
bluebill
broadbill | diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill |
| green gland | one of a pair of glands (believed to have excretory functions) in some crustaceans near the base of the large antennae |
boatbill
boat-billed heron
broadbill Cochlearius cochlearius | tropical American heron related to night herons |
lapwing
green plover
peewit pewit | large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs |
green June beetle
figeater | large greenish June beetle of southern United States |
apple aphid
green apple aphid
Aphis pomi | bright green aphid, feeds on and causes curling of apple leaves |
| green peach aphid | yellowish green aphid that is especially destructive to peaches |
green lacewing
chrysopid
stink fly | pale green unpleasant-smelling lacewing fly having carnivorous larvae |
green monkey
African green monkey
Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus | common savannah monkey with greenish-grey back and yellow tail |
Acapulco gold
Mexican green | a particularly potent variety of marijuana |
farmer's market
green market
greenmarket | an open-air marketplace for farm products |
K
jet super acid
special K
honey oil
green
cat valium
super C | street names for ketamine |
pot grass
green goddess
dope
weed
gage sess
sens
smoke skunk
locoweed
Mary Jane | street names for marijuana |
soft soap
green soap | a soft (or liquid) soap made from vegetable oils, used in certain skin diseases |
green
greenness
viridity | green color or pigment, resembling the color of growing grass |
| sea green | the property of a moderate green color resembling the waters of the sea |
| sage green | the color of sage leaves |
| bottle green | dark to moderate or greyish green |
| chrome green | a brilliant green color |
olive green
olive-green | a color that is lighter and greener than olive |
yellow green
yellowish green
chartreuse
Paris green
pea green | a shade of green tinged with yellow |
bluish green
blue green
teal | a blue-green color or pigment, they painted it a light shade of bluish green |
jade green
jade | a light green color varying from bluish green to yellowish green |
green thumb
green fingers | a special ability to make plants grow |
| green light | permission to proceed with a project or to take action, the gave the green light for construction to begin |
green light
go-ahead | a signal to proceed |
| green card | a card that identifies the bearer as an alien with permanent resident status in the United States, he was surprised to discover that green cards are no longer green |
| green paper | a preliminary report of government proposals that is published in order to stimulate discussion |
| green revolution | the introduction of pesticides and high-yield grains and better management during the s and s which greatly increased agricultural productivity |
jealousy
green-eyed monster | a feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival) |
turtle soup
green turtle soup | soup usually made of the flesh of green turtles |