green

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adj. green•er, green•est

1) of the color of growing foliage, between yellow and blue in the spectrum:

green leaves[/ex]

2) covered with herbage or foliage; verdant:

green fields[/ex]

3) cvb characterized by verdure:

a green Christmas[/ex]

4) cvb made of green leafy vegetables:

a green salad[/ex]

5) not fully matured; unripe:

green fruit[/ex]

6) unseasoned; not cured:

green lumber[/ex]

7) immature in age or judgment; untrained; inexperienced:

green recruits[/ex]

8) simple; unsophisticated; naive

9) having a sickly or pale appearance:

to turn green with fear[/ex]

10) ecl cvb

a) advocating or promoting environmentalism:

green consumers[/ex]

b) environmentally sound or beneficial:

green computers[/ex]

11) full of life and vigor; youthful:

a green old age[/ex]

12) fresh, recent, or new:

a green wound[/ex]

13) vin (of wine) having a flavor that is raw, harsh, and acid, due esp. to a lack of maturity

14) freshly slaughtered or still raw:

green meat[/ex]

15) not fired, as bricks or pottery

16) bui (of cement or mortar) freshly set and not completely hardened

17) phs a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm: found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing

18) fia a secondary color formed by the mixture of blue and yellow pigments

19) green coloring matter, as paint or dye

20) cvb green material or clothing:

dressed in green[/ex]

21) greens

a) coo the leaves and stems of certain plants, as spinach, kale, or lettuce, eaten as a vegetable

b) fresh leaves or branches of trees, shrubs, etc., used for decoration

22) grassy land; a plot of grassy ground

23) a piece of grassy ground constituting a town or village common

24) spo

Also called putting green the area of closely cropped grass surrounding each hole on a golf course.

25) spo

bowling green

26) spo a shooting range for archery

27) inf Informal.

green light 1)

28) cvb sts Slang. money; greenbacks (usu. prec. by the)

29) to become or make green

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- green with envy

Etymology: bef. 900; ME, OE grēne, c. OFris grēne, OS grōni, OHG gruoni, ON grønn; akin to grow green′ly, adv. green′ness, n.