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noun
The state or quality of being green; green colour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
Vitality, freshness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, uncountable, usually
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noun
Inexperience.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
The fact of being environmentally or ecologically conscious; commitment to environmental conservation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: green, viridity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour
Narrower terms: greenishness, sea green, sage green, bottle green, chrome green, emerald, olive green, olive-green, yellow green, yellowish green, chartreuse, Paris green, pea green, bluish green, blue green, teal, jade green, jade
noun
the lush appearance of flourishing vegetation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: verdancy, verdure
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: profusion, profuseness, richness, cornucopia
noun
the state of not being ripe
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: ripeness
Broader terms: immaturity, immatureness
History
From Middle English grennesse, from Old English grennes; equivalent to green + -ness.
Across languages
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
