green snake U.S.
1. One of two green harmless snakes of the U.S.
| 1791 W. Bartram Carolina 275 The green snake is a beautiful innocent creature. 1880 Libr. Univ. Knowl. VII. 84 Green Snake..common through most of the U.S...; long, slender, and entirely harmless. |
2. An air-plant resembling the snake.
| 1883 A. J. Adderley Fisheries Bahamas 17 One of the most remarkable of them [air-plants] is the green-snake, which looks exactly like a long serpent made of coloured india-rubber. |