Etymology
Origin of greenness
before 900; Middle English, Old English grēnnes. See green, -ness
Example Sentences
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Changes in the greenness of vegetation indicated changes in land use and oasis health, the latter of which can be influenced by both human activity and climate change.
From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 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
De Souza said another attraction of battery swapping is its greenness.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 24, 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
She sat there and enjoyed the smell and the dark greenness of it.Oh, the mystery of a great tree, a prisoner in a tin wash bucket in a tenement front room!
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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