Etymology
Origin of greenness
before 900; Middle English, Old English grēnnes. See green, -ness
Example Sentences
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The AI models also identify the landscape and ecological features driving the predictions, such as vegetative greenness, landscape slope angle and the duration of snow cover.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 17, 2024
On the journey home, Homer French remarks on the greenness of the sagebrush, after one of the wettest years in recent memory.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
The karma will come back in the greenness and lushness of the next crop, he believes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2023
The park’s greenness will wax and wane with the seasons, just as in nature.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 18, 2022
The same blinding greenness throughout, the same ridge, the same incline from ridge to water, the same break in the monotony: a scraggly tree here and there.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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