green
adjective
of the color of growing foliage, between yellow and blue in the spectrum.
greeny
-
a word derived from
green.
Example Sentences
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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
He’s a greeny, and when he passed, the trees on the bank burst into blossom and flowers popped out of the ground.
From "Red Queen" by Victoria Aveyard
