Definition of "greegree" [gree•gree]

• A kind of African talisman or charm. (noun)

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• "I saw a native doctor making his "greegree," or charm, for rain."
• "The ball had cut the ligature which bound his "greegree" of shells around his head, and the faithless charm lay on the ground beside him."
• "From moon to moon the chalk lay before the main idol in the greegree house, and thus absorbed the qualities that made it powerful in the spirit world."