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sage green

noun

grayish to yellowish green.

Words nearby sage green

sagan, sagarmatha, sage, sage cock, sage derby, sage green, sage grouse, sage hen, sage sparrow, sage thrasher, sagebrush

Origin of sage green

First recorded in 1800–10

OTHER WORDS FROM sage green

sage-green, adjective

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Examples from the Web for sage green

She was dressed in a gown of an indeterminate shade between drab and sage-green, which did its best to annul her.
The Summons|A.E.W. Mason
She said with a smile, “The sage-green dress can be made quite useful; but I rather despair of the magenta.”
The School Queens|L. T. Meade
He had attended his last surgery case and the door of the "shop," with its sage-green windows, had been locked for the night.
The Green Rust|Edgar Wallace
In colour he was a sage-green, his limbs were round and had the appearance of geranium stalks.
The Coming of the Fairies|Arthur Conan Doyle

The roar of a waterfall came to her ears, and afar on the sage-green carpet of the lower mesa a horseman was galloping swiftly.
Cavanagh: Forest Ranger|Hamlin Garland

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