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greeny

  • a word derived from green.

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"Lambsquarters out-spinaches spinach, in terms of pure greeny flavor," writes Chin in "Eating Wildly."

From Salon • Aug. 23, 2021

“It is browny, yellowy, greeny in colour, a bit slippery to hold but also very heavy and very hard, and when you cut into it you find a stitching of wet wipes holding it together.”

From The Guardian • Feb. 4, 2018

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 is out on Friday Speccy, greeny, beardy, owly, ginger and the fit one - all the gang are here.

From The Guardian • Jul. 8, 2011

But the primus inter pares just now is Gary Snyder, 41, who lives in a one-man commune in the wet, greeny valley of Nevada City, 150 miles northeast of San Francisco.

From Time Magazine Archive

There were fussy and chatty grey doves like Grandmothers; and brown, rough-voiced pigeons like Uncles; and greeny, cackling, no-I’ve-no-money-today pigeons like Fathers.

From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers