Lexic.us

Definition of Green dragon

1. Noun. European arum resembling the cuckoopint.

2. Noun. Early spring-flowering plant of eastern North America resembling the related jack-in-the-pulpit but having digitate leaves, slender greenish yellow spathe and elongated spadix.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Green Dragon

green broom green building green cancer green card green cards green chain green collar green cormorant green corn green corridor

green crab green crabs green diesel green dinosaur green douglas fir green dragon (current term) green energies green energy green fallow green fingers

green flash green flashes green fluorescent protein green fluorescent proteins green foxtail green fringed orchis green frog green gentian green gland green goddess

Literary usage of Green dragon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1893)
"The stranger stepped across the ix'ud to the green dragon. He tapped at the door; and a cheery little woman made her appearance. She was carrying what they ..."

2. Collections by Massachusetts Historical Society (1879)
"The green dragon, on Union Street, was famous in our local history, and its site is now indicated by a tablet set in the wall of a store. ..."

3. The Historical Writings of John Fiske: Illustrated with Many Photogravures by John Fiske (1916)
"They held a meeting at the green dragon tavern, passed resolutions in favour of the Constitution, and appointed a committee, with Paul Revere at its head, ..."

4. Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society by Massachusetts Historical Society (1879)
"The green dragon, on Union Street, was famous in our local history, and its site is now indicated by a tablet set in the wall of a store. ..."

5. An Argument on the Unconstitutionality of Slavery: Embracing an Abstract of by George Washington Frost Mellen (1841)
"A. The following are the resolutions passed at the green dragon, alluded to on page 161 of this work : " Boston, January 7, 1788. ..."

6. The Harleian Miscellany; Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1810)
"... Wilkins, near the Green.Dragon Tavern, in Fleet- Street, 1690. Quarto, containing twenty pages. AT is strange to see so many men dissatisfied at their ..."

7. The Battle with the Slum by Jacob August Riis (1902)
"Compare the court and the yard and see the difference be- green dragon Yard, London. tween our slum problem and that of Old World cities. ..."

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