Nile green

American  

noun

1. pale bluish green.

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Nile green British  

noun

1. 1. a pale bluish-green colour

   2. ( as adjective )

      a Nile-green dress

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Etymology

Origin of Nile green

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

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Nile green

During the Nazi occupation of France, Wallis Simpson got American diplomats to rescue her favourite Nile green swimsuit from the Windsors' rented villa on the Cote d'Azur.

From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2015

Dora is a great woman, a great big woman with flaming orange hair and a taste for Nile green evening dresses.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

So it was ripped up and dyed Nile green, a shade which was particularly becoming to Migwan.

From The Camp Fire Girls at School Or, The Wohelo Weavers by Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude) Frey

Only this morning an envelope of delicate Nile green caused me a distinct thrill of anticipation. 

From The Ways of Men by Eliot Gregory

The coloring of the shell is a brilliant Nile green, edged with black.

From Buchanan's Journal of Man, October 1887 Volume 1, Number 9 by Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes) Buchanan