sinople

Alternative forms

 * cinople, sinoper, sinopre, sinoper, synopre; synopar, synopeir, synapour, sinaper, synaper

Etymology
From, from , from , a town that exported a red ocher. The unexpected change to meaning "green" in heraldry occurred in French texts around 1350 for unclear reasons.

Noun

 * 1)  A shade of red; sinoper.
 * 2)  Sinoper, a kind of red earth historically used as a pigment, originally imported to Greece from Sinope in Paphlagonia.
 * 3)  Ferruginous quartz of a blood-red or brownish red colour, sometimes with a tinge of yellow, used to make the pigment sinopia.
 * 4)  Vert (green).

Noun

 * 1)  vert

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * , vert (green)
 * 1)   (red substance)

Noun

 * 1)   the green colour

Noun

 * 1)  vert the green colour

Adjective

 * 1)  vert