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  1. noun Heraldry The color green.
  2. noun Green vegetation that can serve as cover for deer. Used in English forest law.
  3. noun The right to cut such vegetation.

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  • The loss added a little drama to the point standings in BMX vert, as Bestwick saw his lead quickly dwindle to just 15 points over Kagy with only two stops to go. —  Transworld Skateboarding
  • Each event features skateboarding (park and vert), BMX (park, vert, and dirt) and freestyle motocross. —  Transworld Skateboarding
  • 266.--Arms of Lyon Office Lyon King-of-Arms” is the chief Herald of Scotland; and the establishment over which he presides is styled the “Lyon Office.” The Arms of the Office are--_Arg., a lion sejant erect and affronté gu., holding in his dexter paw a thistle slipped vert, and in the sinister an escutcheon of the second; on a chief az., a saltire of the first_: No. —  The Handbook to English Heraldry
  • Upon a mount vert, a dragon passant with wings elevated gules WALES). —  The Handbook to English Heraldry
  • Looking like a vert-de-gris statue of a dog, he licked such portions of me as he could reach with a green tongue, and blessed me with his beautiful eyes When I had him on terra firma we both shook ourselves, sending an emerald spray flying in all directions; and then abortive attempts were made to dry Tibe with the handkerchiefs of the united party. —  The Chauffeur and the Chaperon
 

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  1. Middle English verte, from Anglo-Norman, feminine of verd; see verderer.

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  1. from French vert, green, from Old French verd, from Latin viride, green, green color: see verd.
  2. Taken for convert and pervert, with the distinguishing prefix omitted.
  3. from vert,n.
 

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