sage green


noun
  1. grayish to yellowish green.

Origin of sage green

1
First recorded in 1800–10

Other words from sage green

  • sage-green, adjective

Words Nearby sage green

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How to use sage green in a sentence

  • Cattle were feeding among the smooth, straw-colored or sage-green hills.

    Wayside Courtships | Hamlin Garland
  • Purple and sage-green ornaments on indigo ground; outlines in gold.

    Color Value | C. R. Clifford
  • Then it turns to a dull sage green, and hurries more swiftly, smooth and ominous.

    Letters from America | Rupert Brooke
  • And in place of her white satin a simple Callot gown of sage-green cloth was fastened about her girlhood the last time.

    What Will People Say? | Rupert Hughes
  • Pale sage green is invariably the colour of it, and the tradition of luck which attaches to it is common from China to Arabia.

    The Gates of India | Thomas Holdich