Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Color-blind as regards the green rays.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Unable to see the color green or to distinguish green and purplish-red.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective physiology Unable to see the colour green because of an inability of the
retinae to respond to that light of that colour.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective inability to see the color green or to distinguish green and purplish-red
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Examples
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The red-blind will select green and brown; the green-blind picks out reds or lighter brown.
A Practical Physiology Albert F. Blaisdell
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If the person be red-blind, he will choose blue and violet; if green-blind, gray and green.
A Practical Physiology Albert F. Blaisdell
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