- green⇄adj. 1. having the color green.
Ex. green paint. Emerald is green.
2. covered with growing plants, grass, or leaves.
Ex. green fields.
(SYN) verdant.
3. characterized as by growing grass; mild; temperate.
Ex. a gree - green⇄expr. greens,
a. freshly cut green leaves and branches used for decoration.
Ex. A triumphal arch, adorned with greens and flowers (London Gazette).
b. the leaves and stems of plants used for food.
Ex. beet greens, dandelion gree - green⇄expr. the Green, the national color of the Irish Republic.
Ex. the wearing of the Green. - green⇄green, noun, adjective, verb.
- green⇄noun greenness.
- green⇄noun 1. the color of most growing plants, grass, and the leaves of trees in summer; color in the spectrum between yellow and blue. It is one of the psychological primary colors.
2. green pigment or dye.
3. green cloth or clothing.
4. - green⇄v.i., v.t. to make or become green.
Ex. Spring came again greening the hawthorn buds (John Masefield).