Etymology
Origin of greenness
before 900; Middle English, Old English grēnnes. See green, -ness
Example Sentences
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What helped the Rigden team make the connection between the drought and climate change was a multi-year satellite record of vegetation greenness which shows shifts in southern Madagascar that indicate changes in water availability.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 9, 2024
Their greenness is distinctive and gains extra contours when reflected in New York’s neon lights.
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2023
Thomas Lyon: Greenwashing is any communication that leads the listener to adopt an overly favorable impression of a company's greenness.
From Salon ● May 16, 2023
The karma will come back in the greenness and lushness of the next crop, he believes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2023
Huge live oaks shaded the valley, and the earth had a richness and a greenness foreign to this part of the country.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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