chlorosis, greensickness
(noun) iron deficiency anemia in young women; characterized by weakness and menstrual disturbances and a green color to the skin
Source: WordNet® 3.1
chlorosis (countable and uncountable, plural chloroses)
(pathology, countable) An anaemia, due to deficiency of iron, characterized by a yellow-green colouration of the skin; greensickness.
(botany, phytopathology, uncountable) A yellowing of plant tissue due to loss or absence of chlorophyll.
Source: Wiktionary
Chlo*ro"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. chlorose.]
1. (Med.)
Definition: The green sickness; an anæmic disease of young women, characterized by a greenish or grayish yellow hue of the skin, weakness, palpitation, etc.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: A disease in plants, causing the flowers to turn green or the leaves to lose their normal green color.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
