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sea green

American  

noun

  1. a clear, light, bluish green.


sea green British  

noun

    1. a moderate green colour, sometimes with a bluish or yellowish tinge

    2. ( as adjective )

      a sea-green carpet

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of sea green

First recorded in 1590–1600


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This year, the Biennale allowed Russia to reopen its sea green space on the Biennale’s lush show grounds known as the Giardini.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

In the sole town, tidy streets are lined with houses in hues of fiery ochre trimmed with orange, robin-blue highlight by white, or sea green with doors framed in red.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 2, 2018

Midge has a knockout period wardrobe in sea green and paradise pink.

From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2017

He had a well-worn office, its walls painted sea green and adorned with crucifixes and pictures of the Archangel Michael and saints.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2016

And then she was in the middle of the ocean, carried by warm currents, the water changing from sea green to midnight blue as she sank from the surface into the depths.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo

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