sage green

noun

1. grayish to yellowish green.

Other Words From

• sage-green adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of sage green¹

First recorded in 1800–10

Example Sentences

Cattle were feeding among the smooth, straw-colored or sage-green hills.

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Purple and sage-green ornaments on indigo ground; outlines in gold.

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Then it turns to a dull sage green, and hurries more swiftly, smooth and ominous.

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And in place of her white satin a simple Callot gown of sage-green cloth was fastened about her girlhood the last time.

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Pale sage green is invariably the colour of it, and the tradition of luck which attaches to it is common from China to Arabia.

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