green snake, any of several species belonging to the family Colubridae, named for their colour. The North American green snakes are the two species of the genus Opheodrys. These docile, slender, harmless snakes often live in gardens. They lay eggs, and they subsist on insects and spiders. The

stinkbug: …in North America is the green stinkbug (Chinavia hilaris). These stinkbugs are solid green in colour and often have a yellowish orange border around the scutellum and black-banded antennae. They range in size from 14 to 19 mm (0.5 to 0.7 inch) and are pests of a variety of plants,…

heliozoan: …similar species commonly called the green sun animalcule because its body is coloured by harmless symbiotic green algae (zoochlorellae). Actinosphaerium species are multinucleate, often reaching a diameter of 1 mm (0.04 inch).

Kurt Jooss: In 1932 he choreographed The Green Table, which won first prize in the choreographic competition organized by the International Archives of Dance in Paris. Subsequently his group became known as Ballets Jooss and made a world tour during 1933 and 1934. Because Adolf Hitler had come to power, Jooss…

Tara: The Green Tara (Sanskrit: Shyamatara; Tibetan: Sgrol-ljang) was believed to be incarnated as the Nepali princess. She is considered by some to be the original Tara and is the female consort of Amoghasiddhi (see Dhyani-Buddha), one of the “self-born” buddhas. She is generally shown seated on…

tea: Green tea: In preparing unfermented tea, the oxidizing enzymes are killed by steamblasting the freshly plucked leaf in perforated drums or by roasting it in hot iron pans prior to rolling. The leaf is then subjected to further heating and rolling until it turns dark…

green theatre, planting, usually of evergreens, designed to provide accommodation for outdoor theatrical entertainment. Intimate theatres included in 17th-century Italian gardens were often elaborate architectural and sculptural complexes not necessarily intended for actual performances but in

Maundy Thursday, the Thursday before Easter, observed in commemoration of Jesus Christ’s institution of the Eucharist during the Last Supper. Key Days of Holy Week The name is thought to be a Middle English derivation taken from a Latin anthem sung in Roman Catholic churches on that day: “Mandatum

munia: …Thailand to Java and the green munia, or green tiger finch (Amandava formosa), of India. The white-throated munia is also called silverbill, as are other birds with silver bills. For red munia, see avadavat.

tree frog: versicolor), the green frog (H. cinerea), and the Pacific tree frog (H. regilla). The smallest is the little grass frog (Pseudacris, or Limnoaedus, ocularis), which does not exceed 1.75 cm (0.69 inch) in length and is found in cypress swamps in the United States from Virginia to…

python: …a few, such as the green tree python (Morelia viridis) of Australia and New Guinea, are strongly arboreal. Terrestrial pythons are regularly found near water and are proficient swimmers, but they hunt and eat almost exclusively on land. Larger pythons prey mainly on mammals and birds; smaller species also eat…

tree snake: …few colubrid snakes is the green tree snake Dendrelaphis punctulatus, found in the northern and eastern regions, which has a tiny head and thin foreparts and may reach a length of 1.8 metres (5.9 feet). Flying snakes, mangrove snakes, vine snakes, and whip snakes are sometimes called tree snakes.

turban shell: …shell is the 20-centimetre (8-inch) green turban (Turbo marmoratus), native to the East Indies and Australia; its broad, round “cat’s-eye” operculum (lid for closing the aperture) is used for making buttons.

Green v. County School Board of New Kent County, case in which the U.S. Supreme Court on May 27, 1968, ruled (9–0) that a “freedom-of-choice” provision in a Virginia school board’s desegregation plan was unacceptable because there were available alternatives that promised a quicker and

stinkbug: The southern green stinkbug, or green vegetable bug (Nezara viridula), which occurs worldwide, damages beans, berries, tomatoes, and other garden crops. The rice stinkbug (Oebalus pugneax) causes severe losses to the rice crop in North America.

iron: Compounds: …formation of two sulfur compounds: ferrous sulfate, FeSO4, which is commonly available as the heptahydrate FeSO4∙7H2O; and ferric sulfate, Fe2(SO4)3. Ferrous sulfate heptahydrate, known in commerce as green vitriol, or copperas, is obtained as a by-product of industrial processes using iron ores that have been treated with sulfuric acid. It…

acacia: Major species: pycnantha), the green wattle (A. decurrens), and the silver wattle (A. dealbata). A few species produce valuable timber, among them the Australian blackwood (A. melanoxylon); the yarran (A. omalophylla), also of Australia; and A. koa of Hawaii. Many of the Australian acacia species have been widely introduced…

wood hoopoe: The 38-cm (15-inch) green wood hoopoe (Phoeniculus purpureus) of sub-Saharan Africa lives, rather like wolves, in close-knit groups that are headed by a dominant pair. When neighbouring groups meet, they engage in a distinctive “flag-waving” display. One or two birds from each group wave a piece of bark…

woodpecker: The green woodpecker (Picus viridis) ranges throughout the woodlands of temperate Eurasia and south to North Africa. The deciduous forests of the southeastern United States are the habitat of the red-bellied woodpecker (Centurus carolinus).

Matt Damon: The Departed, Invictus, and True Grit: … in the Iraq War drama Green Zone (2010). In 2011 he starred in the thriller The Adjustment Bureau, based on a story by Philip K. Dick; Contagion, Soderbergh’s thriller about a deadly virus; and We Bought a Zoo, adapted from a memoir about a family who moves to a wildlife…

Orange, city, seat (1852) of Orange county, southeastern Texas, U.S. It lies at the Louisiana state line. Orange is a deepwater port on the Sabine River, which has been canalized to connect with the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. It is linked to Beaumont and Port Arthur by the tall Rainbow Bridge

homology: …basic reason is because of Green’s theorem (see George Green) and its generalizations, which express certain integrals over a domain in terms of integrals over the boundary. As a consequence, certain important integrals over curves will have the same value for any two curves that are homologous. This is in…

Al Green is an American singer-songwriter who was the most popular performer of soul music in the 1970s. By further transforming the essential relationship in soul music between the sacred and the secular, Green followed the musical and spiritual path of his greatest inspiration, Sam Cooke. At the

Alfred E. Green was an American film and television director whose career spanned some four decades but was most noted for his movies with Warner Brothers in the early 1930s. Green was an early worker in the southern California film industry, graduating from directing two-reel comedies to feature

Alfred E. Green was an American film and television director whose career spanned some four decades but was most noted for his movies with Warner Brothers in the early 1930s. Green was an early worker in the southern California film industry, graduating from directing two-reel comedies to feature

Alice Stopford Green was an Irish historian and supporter of Irish independence. She lived in London from 1874, and in 1877 she married the historian John Richard Green. After his death in 1883, her home became a centre for such diverse Londoners as Florence Nightingale and Winston Churchill. Mrs.

Anna Katharine Green was an American writer of detective fiction who helped to make the genre popular in America by creating well-constructed plots based on a good knowledge of criminal law. Green graduated from Ripley Female College (now Green Mountain College) in Poultney, Vermont, in 1866. Her

Anne Catherine Hoof Green was an early American printer who distinguished herself in her profession in the formative days of the United States. Anne Hoof apparently moved to America as a child and grew up in Philadelphia. In 1738 she married Jonas Green, a printer employed by Benjamin Franklin and

Bartholomew Green was a British American printer and journalist who published the Boston News-Letter, America’s first successful newspaper, from 1704 to 1707 and again from 1711 to 1732. Refusing to take sides in the colonists’ disputes with England, Green selected for publication in his paper only

jinbi shanshui, style of Chinese landscape painting during the Sui (581–618) and Tang (618–907) dynasties. In this style, a rich decorative effect was achieved by the application of two mineral colours, azurite blue and malachite green, together with gold, to a fine line drawing. Among the early

CeeLo Green is an American singer, rapper, and songwriter known for his soulful voice and flamboyant persona, both as a solo performer and as part of the rap group Goodie Mob and the eclectic duo Gnarls Barkley. He was born Thomas Burton and grew up in Atlanta as the son of two ordained Baptist

Charles Green was an English balloonist whose outstanding achievement was his flight with two companions in 1836 from Vauxhall Gardens, London, to Weilburg, Germany, a distance of 480 miles. Green’s 18-hour trip set a long-distance balloon record for flights from England not beaten until 1907. He

Theresa May: Cabinet resignations: In December, Damian Green, the first secretary of state, quit his position as a consequence of allegations that he had downloaded pornography onto his House of Commons computer. There were calls for the resignation of party chairman Sir Patrick McLoughlin after he was blamed for providing inadequate…

Washington Commanders: …receiver Art Monk, and cornerback Darrell Green—all future Hall of Famers—starred for the Redskins during their Super Bowl-winning run, which was also famous for featuring rugged offensive lines known by the nickname “the Hogs.” Gibbs retired in 1993, and the team promptly posted three consecutive losing seasons.

Duff Green was a U.S. political journalist, and an influential member of Pres. Andrew Jackson’s inner advisory circle, the “kitchen cabinet.” After serving in the War of 1812, Green became a government surveyor and mail contractor in Missouri, where he also served in the state constitutional

baseball: Integration: …not completed until 1959 when Elijah Green joined the Boston Red Sox.

Jessie Willcox Smith: …1903 she and another friend, Elizabeth Shippen Green, produced a highly popular illustrated calendar entitled The Child. From that time onward, Smith received a steady flow of commissions.

Little Rock Nine: The group—consisting of Melba Pattillo, Ernest Green, Elizabeth Eckford, Minnijean Brown, Terrence Roberts, Carlotta Walls, Jefferson Thomas, Gloria Ray, and Thelma Mothershed—became the centre of the struggle to desegregate public schools in the United States, especially in the South. The

Florence Green was a British servicewoman who was the last surviving veteran of World War I. Patterson joined the newly created Women’s Royal Air Force (WRAF) on September 13, 1918, at age 17 and was assigned to work as a steward in the officers’ mess halls at the Marham and Narborough airfields in

Count Basie: …for the band—pianist Basie, guitarist Freddie Green (who joined the Basie band in 1937 and stayed for 50 years), bassist Walter Page, and drummer Jo Jones—was unique in its lightness, precision, and relaxation, becoming the precursor for modern jazz accompanying styles. Basie began his career as a stride pianist, reflecting…

new religious movement: Scientific NRMs: UFO groups and Scientology: …Clubs of America, led by Gabriel Green, and the Aetherius Society, organized by George King, maintained that space aliens held the key to the salvation both of the planet as a whole and of every individual on Earth.

George Green was an English mathematician who was the first to attempt to devise a theory of electricity and magnetism. This work heralded the beginning of modern mathematical physics in Great Britain. The son of a prosperous miller and a miller by trade himself, Green was almost completely

Hetty Green was a financier who was reputedly the wealthiest woman of her time in the United States. Henrietta Howland Robinson was connected on the maternal Howland side to one of the great mercantile families of New England. She was reared in a home of Quaker austerity, however, and schooled

Henry Green was a novelist and industrialist whose sophisticated satires mirrored the changing class structure in post-World War II English society. After completing his education at Eton and Oxford, he entered the family business, an engineering firm in Birmingham; he worked his way up to become

Hetty Green was a financier who was reputedly the wealthiest woman of her time in the United States. Henrietta Howland Robinson was connected on the maternal Howland side to one of the great mercantile families of New England. She was reared in a home of Quaker austerity, however, and schooled

Gil Evans was a Canadian-born composer and arranger who was one of the greatest orchestrators in jazz history. Evans had a long and productive career but remains best known for his celebrated collaborations with trumpeter Miles Davis. A self-taught musician, Evans started his first band in 1933,

Modest Mouse: 1974), and Jeremiah Green (b. March 4, 1977—d. December 31, 2022).

John Green is an American author who writes realistic fiction for young adults, such as the best-selling The Fault in Our Stars (2012). Reviewers have praised Green’s work for his bright yet troubled characters and thoughtful treatment of difficult topics. He is also a popular video blogger and

Julien Green was a French American writer of sombre psychological novels that show a preoccupation with violence and death. Green was the first person of American parentage to be elected to the Académie Française (1971). The son of an American business agent in Paris, Green spent his youth in

Julien Green was a French American writer of sombre psychological novels that show a preoccupation with violence and death. Green was the first person of American parentage to be elected to the Académie Française (1971). The son of an American business agent in Paris, Green spent his youth in

Julien Green was a French American writer of sombre psychological novels that show a preoccupation with violence and death. Green was the first person of American parentage to be elected to the Académie Française (1971). The son of an American business agent in Paris, Green spent his youth in

Mary Hayden Green Pike was an American novelist, best remembered for her popular books of the Civil War era on racial and slavery themes. Pike studied at the Female Seminary in Charlestown, Massachusetts (1840–43). Her first novel, Ida May (1854), was published under the pseudonym Mary Langdon. A

string theory: Dimensions and vibrations: …had dropped to two—Schwarz and Michael Green of Queen Mary College, London—by the mid-1980s. But in 1984 these two die-hard string theorists achieved a major breakthrough. Through a remarkable calculation, they proved that the equations of string theory were consistent after all. By the time word of this result had…

Nancy Greene Raine is a Canadian Alpine skier and politician who was the winner of the inaugural women’s World Cup (1967–68). Greene’s family were all avid skiers, and she began skiing before she was six years old. Two of her sisters were also members of the national women’s team. She was educated

Paul Green was an American novelist and playwright whose characteristic works deal with North Carolina folklore and regional themes. He was one of the first white playwrights to write perceptively about the problems of Southern blacks. Green studied playwriting under Frederick Henry Koch at the

Paul Green was an American novelist and playwright whose characteristic works deal with North Carolina folklore and regional themes. He was one of the first white playwrights to write perceptively about the problems of Southern blacks. Green studied playwriting under Frederick Henry Koch at the

British blues: Mayall’s Bluesbreakers and Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac, pleased their audiences by following a stricter agenda, modeling their music on the legendary guitarists B.B. King, Albert King, and Freddie King (who shared the same last name but are unrelated).

T.H. Green was an English educator, political theorist, and Idealist philosopher of the so-called Neo-Kantian school. Through his teaching, Green exerted great influence on philosophy in late 19th-century England. Most of his life centred at Oxford, where he was educated, elected a fellow in 1860,

T.H. Green was an English educator, political theorist, and Idealist philosopher of the so-called Neo-Kantian school. Through his teaching, Green exerted great influence on philosophy in late 19th-century England. Most of his life centred at Oxford, where he was educated, elected a fellow in 1860,

the Green Book: Compiled by Victor Hugo Green (1892–1960), a Black postman who lived in the Harlem section of New York City, the Green Book listed a variety of businesses—from restaurants and hotels to beauty salons and drugstores—that were necessary to make travel comfortable and safe for African Americans in the period…

William Green was a labour leader who was president of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) from 1924 until his death. Green left school and became a coal miner at age 16. He was a subdistrict president of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA; 1900–06) and national secretary-treasurer

toucan: …common in zoos is the red-breasted (also called green-billed) toucan (R. dicolorus) of Amazonia. Another common zoo resident is the keel-billed toucan (R. sulfuratus), which is about 50 cm (20 inches) long. It is mainly black with lemon yellow on the face, throat, and chest, bright red under the tail,…

the Green Book, travel guide published (1936–67) during the segregation era in the United States that identified businesses that would accept African American customers. Compiled by Victor Hugo Green (1892–1960), a Black postman who lived in the Harlem section of New York City, the Green Book

forsythia: Major species: Green-stem forsythia (Forsythia viridissima), native to China, may grow to 3 metres (10 feet) tall; it bears greenish yellow flowers. Weeping forsythia (F. suspensa), also from China, has hollow pendulous stems about 3 metres long and golden-yellow flowers. Common forsythia (F. ×intermedia), a hybrid between…

towhee: The green-tailed towhee (P. chlorurus), also western, is gray, white, and greenish, with a red-brown cap.

Orchis: The green-winged orchid (O. morio) is widely distributed throughout Eurasia. The monkey orchid (O. simia), the man orchid (O. anthropophora), the soldier, or military, orchid (O. militaris), and the naked man orchid (O. italica) all have flowers that resemble helmeted human figures. (See also

teal: …best known being the Holarctic green-winged teal (A. crecca), a bird about 33–38 centimetres (13–15 inches) in length, usually found in dense flocks. The small blue-winged teal (A. discors) breeds across Canada and the northern United States and winters south of the U.S. Also found in North America is the…

olivine: Metamorphic rocks: …is associated with the minerals greenalite (iron-serpentine), minnesotaite (iron-talc), and grunerite (iron-amphibole) in various metamorphic stages. In chemically more complex environments, which, in addition to the above components, also involve lime (CaO) and alumina (Al2O3), fayalite may be associated with hedenbergite, orthopyroxene, grunerite, and almandine (iron-garnet).

Kate Greenaway was an English artist and book illustrator known for her original and charming children’s books. The daughter of John Greenaway, a draftsman and wood engraver, Kate Greenaway grew up in various residences, including a farmhouse in Nottinghamshire, and studied art in various places,

Kate Greenaway was an English artist and book illustrator known for her original and charming children’s books. The daughter of John Greenaway, a draftsman and wood engraver, Kate Greenaway grew up in various residences, including a farmhouse in Nottinghamshire, and studied art in various places,

Greenback movement, (c. 1868–88), in U.S. history, the campaign, largely by persons with agrarian interests, to maintain or increase the amount of paper money in circulation. Between 1862 and 1865, the U.S. government issued more than $450,000,000 in paper money not backed by gold (greenbacks) to

Hannah Greenebaum Solomon was an American clubwoman and welfare worker who was an active force in bringing Jewish women into the broader community of women’s groups and in organizing services to Jewish immigrants. Hannah Greenebaum was of a well-to-do family deeply involved in local Jewish affairs.

British blues: Mayall’s Bluesbreakers and Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac, pleased their audiences by following a stricter agenda, modeling their music on the legendary guitarists B.B. King, Albert King, and Freddie King (who shared the same last name but are unrelated).

Greenbelt, city, Prince George’s county, central Maryland, U.S., a suburb of Washington, D.C. The original town was built between 1935 and 1937, when the first residents moved in, by the Federal Resettlement Administration as a planned community for middle-income families. Its name is descriptive

garden city: His emphasis on greenbelt areas and controlled population densities has become an integral part of suburban and city planning as well.

Noah Baumbach: Film career: …wrote (with Leigh) and directed Greenberg, which starred Leigh, Ben Stiller, and Greta Gerwig. Two years later came his romantic comedy drama Frances Ha. Between the making of the latter two films, Baumbach separated from Leigh and he and Gerwig became a couple. (Baumbach and Leigh divorced in 2013, and…

Clement Greenberg was an American art critic who advocated a formalist aesthetic. He is best known as an early champion of Abstract Expressionism. Greenberg was born to parents of Lithuanian Jewish descent. He attended high school in Brooklyn, and in the mid 1920s he took art classes at the Art

Hank Greenberg was an American professional baseball player who, as one of the game’s best hitters, won two American League (AL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards (1935, 1940) and became the sport’s first Jewish superstar. After a standout high-school baseball career, Greenberg was offered a

Hank Greenberg was an American professional baseball player who, as one of the game’s best hitters, won two American League (AL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards (1935, 1940) and became the sport’s first Jewish superstar. After a standout high-school baseball career, Greenberg was offered a

Joseph H. Greenberg was an American anthropologist and linguist specializing in African languages and in language universals. Greenberg was the first to present a unified classification of African languages. Having studied with Franz Boas at Columbia University (B.A., 1936), Greenberg earned a

Joseph H. Greenberg was an American anthropologist and linguist specializing in African languages and in language universals. Greenberg was the first to present a unified classification of African languages. Having studied with Franz Boas at Columbia University (B.A., 1936), Greenberg earned a

subatomic particle: Colour: …resolve this paradox, in 1964–65 Oscar Greenberg in the United States and Yoichiro Nambu and colleagues in Japan proposed the existence of a new property with three possible states. In analogy to the three primary colours of light, the new property became known as colour and the three varieties as…

American literature: The Off-Broadway ascendancy: …Two Shakespearean Actors (1990), while Richard Greenberg depicted Jewish American life and both gay and straight relationships in Eastern Standard (1989), The American Plan (1990), and Take Me Out (2002), the last about a gay baseball player who reveals his homosexuality to his teammates. Donald Margulies dealt more directly with…

Uri Zvi Greenberg was a Hebrew and Yiddish poet whose strident, Expressionist verse exhorts the Jewish people to redeem their historical destiny; he warned of the impending Holocaust in such poems as “In malkhus fun tselem” (1922; “In the Kingdom of the Cross”). An adherent of the right-wing

Barbie: Plot and characters: …Gloria’s disdainful daughter Sasha (Ariana Greenblatt), who has rejected Barbie dolls because of their unrealistic feminine standards. Meanwhile, Ken takes his newfound knowledge of patriarchy back to Barbieland and leads the Kens in a revolution. The remainder of the film focuses on how Barbie, Gloria, Sasha, Weird Barbie, and…

Stephen Greenblatt is an American scholar who was credited with establishing New Historicism, an approach to literary criticism that mandated the interpretation of literature in terms of the milieu from which it emerged, as the dominant mode of Anglo-American literary analysis by the end of the

Stephen Greenblatt is an American scholar who was credited with establishing New Historicism, an approach to literary criticism that mandated the interpretation of literature in terms of the milieu from which it emerged, as the dominant mode of Anglo-American literary analysis by the end of the

dipteran: Eggs: The greenbottle fly (Lucilia sericata) has laid nearly 2,000 eggs in captivity. However, the total is probably fewer than 1,000 in the natural state when time and energy are lost looking for suitable places to lay. Egg-laying sites, chosen instinctively by the females, are related closely…

Parma, city, Cuyahoga county, northeastern Ohio, U.S., a southern suburb of Cleveland. Settled by New Englanders in 1816, it was known as Greenbriar until 1826, when it became the township of Parma, named for the Italian city. A small section seceded to form Parma Heights in 1911, and in 1924 the

Smilax: …variously known as catbriers and greenbriers, native to tropical and temperate parts of the world. The stems of many species are covered with prickles; the lower leaves are scalelike; and the leathery upper leaves have untoothed blades with three to nine large veins. The white or yellow-green male and female…

Liliales: Major families: Smilacaceae, or the greenbrier family, with 315 species in two genera (Smilax and Heterosmilax), is the second largest family in the order. These herbaceous or woody climbers are found around the world. Rhipogonum, another twiner from Australia and New Guinea, was formerly included in Smilacaceae…

aphid: Types of aphids: The greenbug (Toxoptera graminum) is one of the most destructive pests of wheat, oats, and other small grains. It appears as patches of yellow on the plant and may wipe out an entire field. Pale green adults have a dark green stripe down the back. Each…

Little House on the Prairie: Cast and characters: …by identical twins Sidney and Rachel Lindsay Greenbush. (Carrie’s tumble in the meadow during the show’s opening credits was totally accidental, but Landon thought it was too adorable to reshoot and left the scene as is.) Later in the series another pair of twins, Brenda and Wendi Turnbaugh, plays the…

Neil Young: Later work and causes: …written and directed another film, Greendale, a family saga and an exercise in environmentalist agitprop based on his album of the same name.

Greene, county, southeastern New York state, U.S., bordered by the Hudson River to the east. The rolling, hardwood-covered hills of the Hudson valley in the east rise to the Catskill Mountains in the west, forested in conifers and featuring Catskill Park in the southwest. The principal waterways

Greene, county, extreme southwestern Pennsylvania, U.S. It consists of a hilly region on the Allegheny Plateau bordered by West Virginia to the west and south, the Monongahela River to the east, Tenmile Creek to the northeast, and Enlow Fork to the northwest. Ryerson Station State Park surrounds a

Greene and Greene, American firm established by the Greene brothers, architects who pioneered the California bungalow, a one-storied house with a low-pitched roof. The bungalow style developed by Charles Sumner Greene (b. Oct. 12, 1868, Brighton, Ohio, U.S.—d. June 11, 1957, Carmel, Calif.) and

Nancy Greene Raine is a Canadian Alpine skier and politician who was the winner of the inaugural women’s World Cup (1967–68). Greene’s family were all avid skiers, and she began skiing before she was six years old. Two of her sisters were also members of the national women’s team. She was educated

Al Green is an American singer-songwriter who was the most popular performer of soul music in the 1970s. By further transforming the essential relationship in soul music between the sacred and the secular, Green followed the musical and spiritual path of his greatest inspiration, Sam Cooke. At the

Belle da Costa Greene was an American librarian and bibliographer, the moving force in organizing and expanding the collection of J.P. Morgan as the Morgan Library. Belle da Costa Greene was the daughter of lawyer Richard T. Greener, the first African American to graduate from Harvard and the first