leek-green
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of leek-green
First recorded in 1655–65
Example Sentences
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The next feature was Npunga Bay, low and leek-green, between the blue-brown water, here some 700 yards broad, and the yellow sun- burnt trough-sides.
From Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Henna stains white hair orange red; and the Persians apply after it a paste of indigo leaves, the result is successively leek-green, emerald-green, bottle-green and lastly lamp-black.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 04 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
He had been wearing their leek-green colors the day she had sat in his lap in her father's courtyard.
From The Unwilling Vestal by White, Edward Lucas
Paullini and the Ephemerides mention perspiration which was of a leek-green color, and Borellus has observed deep green perspiration.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
On a movable bed was hung a leek-green gauze curtain, ornamented with double embroideries, representing flowers, plants and insects.
From Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by Joly, H. Bencraft
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