yellow-green
Americannoun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of yellow-green
First recorded in 1760–70
Example Sentences
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The team began by synthesizing red, yellow-green, and blue quantum dots coated with zinc-sulfur shells.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2025
After the sudden collapse of Conte's "yellow-green" government, Cipollone was promoted by Bank of Italy governor Ignazio Visco as one of his deputies in 2020.
From Reuters ● Aug. 30, 2023
Growing up to 15 centimetres high, with unassuming tan or yellow-green tops, death caps can taste quite nice, according to people who have accidentally eaten them and survived.
From Scientific American ● May 16, 2023
A dozen collard varieties sport leaves ranging from green and blue-green to the yellow-green ones of Yellow Cabbage Collards, a North Carolina heirloom whose leaves form a loose head.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2023
For half an hour I hung around on the north end watching little kids kick rocks into the yellow-green water of the Yazoo when their mothers weren’t looking.
From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe
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