apple green
a clear, light green.
Origin of apple green
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How to use apple green in a sentence
She wore an apple-green housedress and her graying beehive hairdo was unyielding against the blasts of a chugging air conditioner.
The painter here represented the Cigale, or Cicada, under the form of a magnificent apple-green grasshopper.
The Insect World | Louis Figuier"And the most charming morning-gown you ever saw—apple green, and dark green, striped—and lined with pink silk," rejoined a third.
Homestead on the Hillside | Mary Jane HolmesAt first it looks like a shapeless mass of apple-green jelly.
Marvels of Pond-life | Henry J. SlackHis right hand, covered with a glove of apple-green colour, was pressing the key of Paradise.
Bouvard and Pcuchet | Gustave Flaubert
The sky had cleared; in the west shone a faint band of clear apple green in which burned one lucent star.
Shandygaff | Christopher Morley
British Dictionary definitions for apple green
a bright light green or moderate yellowish-green
(as adjective): an apple-green carpet
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