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greenery

American  
[gree-nuh-ree] / ˈgri nə ri /

noun

  • greeneries
    plural
  1. green foliage or vegetation; verdure.

  2. a place where green plants are grown or kept.


greenery British  
/ ˈɡriːnərɪ /

noun

  1. green foliage or vegetation, esp when used for decoration

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of greenery

First recorded in 1790–1800; green + -ery


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Spanning 5,920 square feet, the six-bedroom, seven-bathroom residence is tucked behind gates and surrounded by mature greenery, offering plenty of privacy in the sought-after California enclave.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

Rita thought it was ugly and outdated, so she’d covered it with greenery.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

More than a decade later, the restaurant has moved into a larger, airier space filled with greenery — and somehow, the bar keeps getting higher.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

Elordi, who hails from Brisbane, is a little more hopeful about the future of the climate in the context of the film - pointing to other parts where you can see lush expanses of greenery.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Pima didn’t sound convinced, but her next words were interrupted by Lucky Girl scrambling back up out of the greenery and vines.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi

The way into the heart of the city led among its statues and greeneries.

From The Story of a Life by J. Breckenridge (John Breckenridge) Ellis

Of these, indeed, the growth is luxuriant, and the path which leads down from the high-road to the cottage is cut through what might be called a grove of these leafy greeneries.

From Tony Butler by Charles James Lever

I stared after her for a moment or more, watching the pretty brown dress flashing in and out of shadow among the ragged greeneries, shafts of sunshine now and then flashing upon her hair.

From The Guest of Quesnay by Booth Tarkington

They had visited the Coliseum, at that period still overhung with ivy garlands and trailing greeneries, and not, as now, scraped clean and bare and "tidied" out of much of its picturesqueness.

From What Katy Did Next by Susan Coolidge

Each, in deference to the long-established tradition of the neighbourhood, bore a garland of ferns and other greeneries, and each came armed with the necessary pin that was to work the spell.

From The School by the Sea by Angela Brazil

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