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Definition of verdigris noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

verdigris

noun

/ˈvɜːdɪɡriː/,

/ˈvɜːdɪɡriːs/

/ˈvɜːrdɪɡriː/,

/ˈvɜːrdɪɡriːs/

[uncountable]

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the green substance that forms, for example on roofs, when copper reacts with the air
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French verte-gres, earlier vert de Grece ‘green of Greece’.

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