Nile green

noun

pale bluish green.

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Origin of Nile green

First recorded in 1885–90

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Example sentences from the Web for nile green

Will you, please, tie this bow of nile-green velvet about my neck?
The House With Sixty Closets|Frank Samuel Child
“There will be no nile-green dress and golden slippers,” she whispered.
Hour of Enchantment|Roy J. Snell
In her hand the Queen carried a little volume, bound in Nile-green skin, powdered with gold heraldic roses.
House of Torment|Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
The steam had cleared away, and now showed a rocky and wooded scene, the trees sky-blue, the rocks a Nile-green.
Unicorns|James Huneker

Like some lost wanderer from the moon itself a great moth with nile-green wings fell flopping on the grass at the girl's feet.
Athalie|Robert W. Chambers

British Dictionary definitions for nile green

Nile green

noun

a pale bluish-green colour
(as adjective)a Nile-green dress

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