verdigris


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
verdigris /ˈvəːdɪgriː, -griːs/
noun a bright bluish-green encrustation or patina formed on copper or brass by atmospheric oxidation.
– origin ME: from OFr. verte-gres, earlier vert de Grece ‘green of Greece’.
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