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(vûrt)n.
1. Heraldry The color green.
2.
a. Green vegetation serving as cover or food for deer. Used in English forest law.
b. The right to cut such vegetation.
[Middle English verte, from Anglo-Norman, feminine of verd; see verderer.]
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(vɜːt)n
1. (Law) the right to cut green wood in a forest
2. (Law) the wood itself
3. (Botany) the wood itself
4. (Forestry) the wood itself
5. (Heraldry) heraldry
a. the colour green
b. (as adjective, usually postpositive): a table vert.
6. (Colours) heraldry
a. the colour green
b. (as adjective, usually postpositive): a table vert.
[C15: from Old French verd, from Latin viridis green, from virēre to grow green]
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(vɜrt)n.
1. the heraldic color green.
2. Archaic.
a. the green leaves of forest vegetation, serving as food and cover for deer.
b. the right to cut the green wood of such vegetation.
[1400–50; late Middle English verte < Anglo-French, Middle French vert, verd < Latin viridis green =vir(ēre) to be green]
vert.
vertical.
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