forest green
Americannoun
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- forest-green adjective
Etymology
Origin of forest green
First recorded in 1800–10
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Drivers seeking more personality might opt for an automaker’s red, blue or forest green offering, but what if you prefer something more expressive?
From Seattle Times • Apr. 24, 2024
It was a deep forest green and managed to warm up the gray living room.
From Salon • Nov. 19, 2023
These striking pants, based on an actual 1940s quilt, emulate the handmade warmth and quirkiness of the quilts we love with their zigzag stitches and blocks of pink, forest green, maroon and navy.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2023
On the street outside, a forest green maintenance vehicle with a poster of a young Mullah Omar — the founder of the Taliban movement — plastered on the windshield raced past.
From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2023
Then out of the shadows stepped another scythe, robed in earth-toned brown and forest green.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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