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Definition of vert
1a : green forest vegetation especially when forming cover or providing food for deerb : the right or privilege (as in England) of cutting living wood or sometimes of pasturing animals in a forest
2 : the heraldic color green
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Haricots verts are slender French green beans often available at farmer’s markets.
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Tankersley had a bad vert in Indy, but flashes ability like this on jump balls.
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Add asparagus, haricots verts and peas to boiling water.
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Origin and Etymology of vert
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from vert green — more at verdant
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