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greenheart

[ green-hahrt ]

noun

  1. a South American tree, Ocotea (or Nectandra ) rodiei, of the laurel family, yielding a hard, durable wood often used for wharves and bridges and in shipbuilding.
  2. any of certain other timber trees of tropical America.
  3. their valuable greenish wood.


greenheart

/ ˈɡːˌɑː /

noun

  1. Also calledbebeeru a tropical American lauraceous tree, Ocotea (or Nectandra ) rodiaei, that has dark green durable wood and bark that yields the alkaloid bebeerine
  2. any of various similar trees
  3. the wood of any of these trees
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of greenheart1

First recorded in 1750–60; green + heart
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Greenheart was valued at more than $1 billion in 2015, the filing said.

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Ms. Huynh said Greenheart should be considered community property because Mr. Hassan repeatedly muddied the line between his assets and their shared property.

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In 2006, Mr. Hassan formed a limited liability company called Greenheart Investments.

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In a pretrial filing, lawyers for Ms. Huynh said Greenheart had invested in more than 15 technology businesses and more than 30 real estate properties, including a 195-unit apartment complex in Menlo Park, less than a mile from Facebook’s offices.

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On weekend mornings at Greenheart, demand rises for the tart tonic that customers have come to rely on as a hangover cure.

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