forest green
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Etymology
Origin of forest green
First recorded in 1800–10
Compare meaning
How does forest-green compare to similar and commonly confused words? Explore the most common comparisons:
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Gallery artist Charles Spitzack stayed up late the night of the fire to finish a print depicting the gallery facade in its forest green and redbrick glory.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 29, 2024
It’s a jaunty forest green cottage surrounded by cherry laurels, with a meditation room for the practicing Buddhist and a statue of St. Francis on the back porch that survived the flames.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2023
But for the last year, a vintage percussion instrument has occupied pride of place in the singer-songwriter’s forest green home studio.
From New York Times • Jun. 5, 2023
She was in her 60s with a smart gray bob and a forest green apron that smelled like frosting and menthols.
From Salon • Feb. 13, 2023
The green still forest green, even inside his little white house.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
![]()
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.