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bling alizarin, obtained from naphthoquinone as a red crystalline substance with a bright green, metallic luster; -- called also naphthalizarin.

o a region of the earth's surface including all of temperate and arctic North America and Greenland. In the geographical distribution of animals, this region is marked off as the habitat certain species.

f their doctrine. The founders and leaders of Neo- Hegelianism include: in England, T. H. Green (1836-1882); in Scotland, J. (1820-98) and E. (1835-1908) Caird; in the United States, W. T. Harris (1835-1909) and Josiah Royce (1855- -).

ed to the lowest deposits of the Cretaceous or chalk formation of Europe, being the lower greensand.

A mineral occuring at Vesuvius, in glassy agonal crystals; also elsewhere, in grayish or greenish masses having a greasy luster, as the variety elæolite. It is a silicate of aluminia, soda, and potash.

A hard compact mineral, of a dark green color, formerly worn as a remedy for diseases of the kidneys, whence its name; kidney stone; a kind of jade. See Jade.

e has the head and neck deep blue, rump and under parts bright red, back and wings golden green, and the tail bluish purple. Called also painted finch.

A greenish yellow or green mineral, consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of iron.

In Greenland, an insular hill or mountain surrounded by an ice sheet.

A fertile or green spot in a waste or desert, esp. in a sandy desert.

place or building for making observations on the heavenly bodies. The new observatory in Greenwich Park. Evelyn.

An annual plant (Abelmoschus, or Hibiscus, esculentus), whose green pods, abounding in nutritious mucilage, are much used for soups, stews, or pickles; gumbo. [Written also ocra and ochra.]

A beautiful evergreen shrub of the Dogbane family, having clusters of fragrant red or white flowers. It is native of the East Indies, but the red variety has become common in the south of Europe. Called also rosebay, rose laurel, and South-sea rose.

Resembling the olive; of the color of the olive; olive-green.

The color of the olive, a peculiar dark brownish, yellowish, or tawny green.

An olive-green mineral, a hydrous arseniate of copper; olive ore.

A common name of the yellowish green mineral chrysolite, esp. the variety found in eruptive rocks.

A fragrant variety of black tea having somewhat the flavor of green tea. [Written also oulong.]

inhabiting the Atlantic Ocean. It is remarkable for its brilliant colors, which are red, green, and blue, with tints of purple and gold, covered with round silvery spots. Called also king of the herrings.

A greenish spotted porphyry, being a diabase whose pyroxene has been altered to uralite; -- first found in the Pyreness. So called from the colored spots which give it a mottled appearance. -- O*phi"ic, a.