apple green

noun

1. a clear, light green.

apple green

noun

1. 1. a bright light green or moderate yellowish-green
   2. ( as adjective )

      an apple-green carpet

Word History and Origins

Origin of apple green¹

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

She wore an apple-green housedress and her graying beehive hairdo was unyielding against the blasts of a chugging air conditioner.

From The Daily Beast

The painter here represented the Cigale, or Cicada, under the form of a magnificent apple-green grasshopper.

From Project Gutenberg

"And the most charming morning-gown you ever saw—apple green, and dark green, striped—and lined with pink silk," rejoined a third.

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At first it looks like a shapeless mass of apple-green jelly.

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His right hand, covered with a glove of apple-green colour, was pressing the key of Paradise.

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The sky had cleared; in the west shone a faint band of clear apple green in which burned one lucent star.

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