\Ver"di*ter\, n. [F. vert-de-terre, literally, green of
earth.] (Chem.)
(a) Verdigris. [Obs.]
(b) Either one of two pigments (called {blue verditer}, and
    {green verditer}) which are made by treating copper
    nitrate with calcium carbonate (in the form of lime,
    whiting, chalk, etc.) They consist of hydrated copper
    carbonates analogous to the minerals azurite and
    malachite.
{Verditer blue}, a pale greenish blue color, like that of the
   pigment verditer.