green-veinedadj.

Brit.

/ˈɡriːnveɪnd/, U.S.

/ˈɡrinˌveɪnd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: green adj., veined adj.

Etymology: < green adj. + veined adj.

Having green veins.

ΚΠ

1720 E. Albin Nat. Hist. Eng. Insects Descr. Pl. lii. The 20th of the same Month came forth the Green vein'd Butterfly.

1794 J. Sibthorp Flora Oxoniensis 118 Lapathum viride... Rumex acutus... Green-veined Dock.

1823 T. Gill Techn. Repository 3 lxxiv. 349 Green-veined wood.—An infusion of madder, on plane, sycamore, or beech; washed over afterwards with sulphuric acid.

1874 Chinese Recorder 5 273/1 Yet sweeter, in my English home, (Where green-veined snowdrops early bloom), The secret violet's breath.

1922 R. Bridges Rogue's Haven xiv. 105 The grim old man looking across the green-veined marble hearth at us.

1991 R. Jordan Dragon Reborn xl. 394 He was pulling two loaves of bread and a wedge of green-veined cheese from his leather script.

Compounds

green-veined butterfly n. now rare = green-veined white n.

ΚΠ

1720Green vein'd Butterfly [see main sense].

1842 J. W. Loudon Year-bk. Nat. Hist. ii. 38 The green-veined butterfly (Pontia or Pieris Napi), shows its green veins only when it is sitting.

1902 L. C. Miall Injurious & Useful Insects ii. xv. 62 The green-veined butterfly is about as big as the second [butterfly].

2004 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 271 1765 Males of the green-veined butterfly Pieris napi synthesize and transfer the volatile methyl salicylate..to females at mating.

green-veined orchid n. the green-winged orchid, Anacamptis morio.

ΚΠ

1905 G. C. Druce in Victoria Hist. Buckingham I. 30 When there is a rich subsoil there will often be immense quantities of the green-veined orchid (Orchis morio).

1951 V. S. Summerhayes Wild Orchids of Brit. xiii. 258 The green-veined orchid is not quite so restricted to calcareous soils as many others of our orchids.

1997 D. M. T. Ettlinger Notes Brit. & Irish Orchids 89 Green-veined orchid Orchis morio L... The general appearance is similar to that of the Early-purple Orchid.

green-veined white n. a white Holarctic pierid butterfly, Pieris napi, with black scales on the pale yellow underside of the hindwings that give the dark veins a greenish appearance; also more fully green-veined white butterfly.North American forms are sometimes treated as separate species.

ΚΠ

?1787 W. F. Mavor New Dict. Nat. Hist. I. at Butterfly Plate the Third. Fig. 1. Green-veined White, the Napi, Danai, of Linnæus.

1895 Oracle Encycl. I. 565/2 The green-veined white butterfly.

1940 Jrnl. Animal Ecol. 9 244 The three common British Pierines are the small white (P. rapae (L.)), the large white (P. brassicae (L.)) and the green-veined white (P. napi (L.)).

1995 Stornoway Gaz. 13 July 8/3 The first butterfly to appear on Lewis each year is the Green-veined White (Pieris napi ) in mid or late May.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	green-veined
释义	green-veinedadj. Brit. /ˈɡriːnveɪnd/, U.S. /ˈɡrinˌveɪnd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: green adj., veined adj. Etymology: < green adj. + veined adj. Having green veins. ΚΠ 1720 E. Albin Nat. Hist. Eng. Insects Descr. Pl. lii. The 20th of the same Month came forth the Green vein'd Butterfly. 1794 J. Sibthorp Flora Oxoniensis 118 Lapathum viride... Rumex acutus... Green-veined Dock. 1823 T. Gill Techn. Repository 3 lxxiv. 349 Green-veined wood.—An infusion of madder, on plane, sycamore, or beech; washed over afterwards with sulphuric acid. 1874 Chinese Recorder 5 273/1 Yet sweeter, in my English home, (Where green-veined snowdrops early bloom), The secret violet's breath. 1922 R. Bridges Rogue's Haven xiv. 105 The grim old man looking across the green-veined marble hearth at us. 1991 R. Jordan Dragon Reborn xl. 394 He was pulling two loaves of bread and a wedge of green-veined cheese from his leather script. Compounds green-veined butterfly n. now rare = green-veined white n. ΚΠ 1720Green vein'd Butterfly [see main sense]. 1842 J. W. Loudon Year-bk. Nat. Hist. ii. 38 The green-veined butterfly (Pontia or Pieris Napi), shows its green veins only when it is sitting. 1902 L. C. Miall Injurious & Useful Insects ii. xv. 62 The green-veined butterfly is about as big as the second [butterfly]. 2004 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 271 1765 Males of the green-veined butterfly Pieris napi synthesize and transfer the volatile methyl salicylate..to females at mating. green-veined orchid n. the green-winged orchid, Anacamptis morio. ΚΠ 1905 G. C. Druce in Victoria Hist. Buckingham I. 30 When there is a rich subsoil there will often be immense quantities of the green-veined orchid (Orchis morio). 1951 V. S. Summerhayes Wild Orchids of Brit. xiii. 258 The green-veined orchid is not quite so restricted to calcareous soils as many others of our orchids. 1997 D. M. T. Ettlinger Notes Brit. & Irish Orchids 89 Green-veined orchid Orchis morio L... The general appearance is similar to that of the Early-purple Orchid. green-veined white n. a white Holarctic pierid butterfly, Pieris napi, with black scales on the pale yellow underside of the hindwings that give the dark veins a greenish appearance; also more fully green-veined white butterfly.North American forms are sometimes treated as separate species. ΚΠ ?1787 W. F. Mavor New Dict. Nat. Hist. I. at Butterfly Plate the Third. Fig. 1. Green-veined White, the Napi, Danai, of Linnæus. 1895 Oracle Encycl. I. 565/2 The green-veined white butterfly. 1940 Jrnl. Animal Ecol. 9 244 The three common British Pierines are the small white (P. rapae (L.)), the large white (P. brassicae (L.)) and the green-veined white (P. napi (L.)). 1995 Stornoway Gaz. 13 July 8/3 The first butterfly to appear on Lewis each year is the Green-veined White (Pieris napi ) in mid or late May. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1720
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