bottle green

American  

noun

1. a deep green.

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bottle green British  

noun

1. 1. a dark green colour

   2. ( as adjective )

      a bottle-green car

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Other Word Forms

• bottle-green adjective

Etymology

Origin of bottle green

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

The uniform ParaGB wore for the ceremony was bottle green and taken from the flag of The Stoke Mandeville Games, the home of the Paralympic Games.

From BBC • Aug. 27, 2021

New York label Paul Stuart offers this dark bottle green velvet tartan jacket with a frog closure and peak lapels for a lean silhouette. $1,895.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2018

There was a carnation print in the collection - in red and white - and the colors of ruby and black were prominent, along with bottle green, saffron and seafoam, among others.

From Washington Times • Sep. 15, 2015

In the countryside, paddy fields reveal "the saturated color of the rice shoots, bottle green, as if they had light inside them."

From Seattle Times • May 31, 2012

The Mosses’ mailbox was overgrown with an even heavier layer of bottle green lichen than before.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter