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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 ter·rene /tɛˈrin, tə; ˈtɛrˌin/
 (a.)土的,土質的,現世的地球,陸地

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ter·rene, n.
 1. The earth's surface; the earth. [Poetic]
    Tenfold the length of this terrene.   --Milton.
 2. Surv. The surface of the ground.
 

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ter·rene n. A tureen. [Obs.]

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ter·rene, a.
 1. Of or pertaining to the earth; earthy; as, terrene substance.
 2. Earthy; terrestrial.
    God set before him a mortal and immortal life, a nature celestial and terrene.   --Sir W. Raleigh.
    Be true and faithful to the king and his heirs, and truth and faith to bear of life and limb, and terrene honor.   --O. Eng. Oath of Allegiance, quoted by Blackstone.
    Common conceptions of the matters which lie at the basis of our terrene experience.   --Hickok.

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 terrene
      adj 1: of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the
             sea or air [syn: tellurian, telluric, terrestrial]
      2: belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly;
         "not a fairy palace; yet a mundane wonder of unimagined
         kind"; "so terrene a being as himself" [syn: mundane]