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green belt

noun

a zone of farmland, parks, and open country surrounding a town or city: usually officially designated as such and preserved from urban development

At length we sighted the wady, stretching like a green belt between the sand and the mountains beyond.

Charley, in riding after the horses, came to some fine lagoons, which were surrounded by a deep green belt of Nelumbiums.

At the west side of the plain, a green belt of forest stretched from north to south.

Out through the gate to the green belt which cried aloud in strident tones the transition from peace to war.

I had set my hopes on a low green belt of poison-scrub, and this I attained at last.

April 25, 2024firkin

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