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green acre

green acre noun: a fictitious, arbitrary placeholder name for a piece of land used in legal arguments, tertiary to a white acre.

Noun

green acre (plural green acres)

  1. A fictitious, arbitrary placeholder name for a piece of land used in legal arguments, tertiary to a white acre.

Forms of green acre

pluralgreen acres

Questions about green acre

What does green acre mean?
Green acre means a fictitious, arbitrary placeholder name for a piece of land used in legal arguments, tertiary to a white acre.
What part of speech is green acre?
Green acre is a noun.
What is the plural of green acre?
The plural of green acre is green acres.

Words near green acre in the dictionary

  1. green
  2. green 'un
  3. green 'uns
  4. green about the gills
  5. green accounting
  6. green acre
  7. green acres
  8. green alder
  9. green alders
  10. green alga
  11. green algae

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