green earth
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green earth (countable and uncountable, plural green earths)
A variety of glauconite, found in cavities in amygdaloid and other eruptive rock, and used as a green pigment by artists.
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How on God’s green earth can you let these two trustees get away with another unethical act and just smooth it over?
In Lady standing at a virginal, the young woman's dress is painted with a mixture of ultramarine and green earth, and ultramarine was also used to add shadows in the flesh tones.
They used green earth colors for backgrounds.
How on God’s green earth do you now reconcile this with the initially predicted 7.2% drop in GDP for 2020.