ver|di|ter

ver|di|ter
ver|di|ter «VUR duh tuhr», noun.
1. one of two pigments usually obtained by grinding azurite (blue verditer) or malachite (green verditer), and consisting of basic carbonate of copper; bice.
2. Obsolete. verdigris.
[< Old French verd de terre (literally) green of earth < Latin viridis green and terra land]

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