Etymology
Origin of greenness
before 900; Middle English, Old English grēnnes. See green, -ness
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Often working at home, she has pored over satellite data to spot decreases in vegetation greenness during drought, a telltale sign of die-off caused by declining aquifer levels.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2024
On the journey home, Homer French remarks on the greenness of the sagebrush, after one of the wettest years in recent memory.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
De Souza said another attraction of battery swapping is its greenness.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 24, 2023
Researchers also found that, on average, subsiding ice-rich locations showed increases in greenness and wetness.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2023
Here, the sand was fine, gray, and sun-seared, nothing like the clumpy red earth back home; the trees were tame, unlike the bursting greenness that sprang up and cast shadows on the road to Umunnachi.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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