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forest green

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Origin of forest green

First recorded in 1800–10

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The bags first became a “must-need item” last year — with the store releasing the mini totes in navy, yellow, red and forest green.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 10, 2025

Boston goalie Aerin Frankel, dubbed the “Green Monster” in her forest green home sweater, made 41 saves for the runners-up.

From Seattle Times May 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

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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