pea green


noun
  1. a medium or yellowish green.

Origin of pea green

1
First recorded in 1745–55

Words Nearby pea green

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How to use pea green in a sentence

  • An' when the brotherhood was pea-green with seasickness I goes down into the bilges with a big auger an' scuttles the ship.

    Captain Scraggs | Peter B. Kyne

British Dictionary definitions for pea green

pea green

noun
    • a yellowish-green colour

    • (as adjective): a pea-green teapot

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