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grẹ̄ne
adj.
208 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Green, of the colour of grass; (b) of the skin or complexion: green; also, pale, colorless, livid;
gul and grene, pale and grene
; (c) as symbolic of inconstancy or envy; (d)
grene cloth
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