name
Meaning 1
plural of Green
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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Standard Lemma guide
greens
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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grēnz
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name
Meaning 2
The Australian Greens, a left-wing, progressive green party in Australia
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australian
Topics: government, politics
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name
Meaning 3
Synonym of Green Party in various other contexts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Green Party in various other contexts
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 4
Any of several sports teams whose uniform is predominantly green, particularly
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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name
Meaning 5
Any of several sports teams whose uniform is predominantly green, particularly
The chariot-racing faction of the Roman circus and Constantinopolitan hippodrome that wore green.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, informal
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noun
Meaning 6
Leaves and leaf-like parts of edible plants when eaten as vegetables or in salads.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
Examples
- salad greens
- collard greens
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noun
Meaning 7
Green vegetables; edible plants or plant parts that contain chlorophyll.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
Examples
- starches, meats, and greens
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noun
Meaning 8
Leafy plants that are used for decoration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
Examples
- Yuletide greens
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noun
Meaning 9
The green dress uniform of the United States Marine Corps.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
Meaning 10
plural of green
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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verb
Meaning 11
third-person singular simple present indicative of green
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
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noun
Meaning 12
any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: green, leafy vegetable
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: vegetable, veggie, veg
Narrower terms: chop-suey greens, sprout, beet green, chard, Swiss chard, spinach beet, leaf beet, salad green, salad greens, dandelion green, lamb's-quarter, pigweed, wild spinach, turnip greens, sorrel, common sorrel, French sorrel, spinach
History
Etymology
In reference to the ancient Roman and medieval Byzantine racing faction, a calque of Latin prasinī (“Leek-Greens”) or factio prasina (“the leek-green faction”) and Byzantine Greek Πράσινοι (Prásinoi, “Leek-Greens”).
From Middle English grenes, equivalent to green + -s. Compare Saterland Frisian Gräinieten (“vegetable”), West Frisian grienten (“vegetables, greens”), Dutch groenten (“vegetables, greens”), German Low German Gröönten (“vegetables, greens”), Danish grøntsager (“vegetables”), Swedish grönsaker (“vegetables”).
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Across languages
Translations
58 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: groente — leaves of certain edible green plants
- Armenian: կանաչեղեն (kanačʻeġen) — leaves of certain edible green plants
- Armenian: բանջար (banǰar) — leaves of certain edible green plants
- Azerbaijani: göyərti — leaves of certain edible green plants
- Belarusian: зеляні́на (zjeljanína) — leaves of certain edible green plants
- Belarusian: зе́лень (zjéljenʹ) — leaves of certain edible green plants
- Chichewa: masamba — leaves of certain edible green plants
- Chinese Mandarin: 菜 (cài) — leaves of certain edible green plants
- Chinese Mandarin: 青菜 (qīngcài) — leaves of certain edible green plants
- Crimean Tatar: yeşillik — leaves of certain edible green plants
- Dutch: groenten — leaves of certain edible green plants
- Dutch: bladgroente — leaves of certain edible green plants
- Esperanto: legomoj — leaves of certain edible green plants
- Finnish: lehtivihannekset — leaves of certain edible green plants
- Finnish: vihannekset — leaves of certain edible green plants
- French: légumes verts — leaves of certain edible green plants
- Galician: verdura — leaves of certain edible green plants
- Georgian: მწვანილი (mc̣vanili) — leaves of certain edible green plants
- German: Blattgemüse — leaves of certain edible green plants
- Greek: λαχανικά (lachaniká) — leaves of certain edible green plants
- Greek: χόρτα (chórta) — leaves of certain edible green plants
- Hausa: ganye — leaves of certain edible green plants
- Italian: verdura — leaves of certain edible green plants
- Italian: erbe — leaves of certain edible green plants
- Italian: cime — leaves of certain edible green plants
- Italian: erbaggi — leaves of certain edible green plants
- Japanese: 菜 (na) — leaves of certain edible green plants
- Japanese: 菜っ葉 (nappa) — leaves of certain edible green plants
- Korean: 푸성귀 (puseonggwi) — leaves of certain edible green plants
- Northern Kurdish: pincar — leaves of certain edible green plants
- Macedonian: зелје (zelje) — leaves of certain edible green plants
- Māori: korare — leaves of certain edible green plants
- Norwegian Bokmål: bladsalat — leaves of certain edible green plants
- Norwegian Bokmål: grønt — leaves of certain edible green plants
- Norwegian Bokmål: bladgrønt — leaves of certain edible green plants
- Pannonian Rusyn: желєнїдло (željenjidlo) — leaves of certain edible green plants
- Polish: zielenina — leaves of certain edible green plants
- Portuguese: verdura — leaves of certain edible green plants
- Russian: зе́лень (zélenʹ) — leaves of certain edible green plants
- Spanish: verduras — leaves of certain edible green plants
- Swedish: grönt uncountable — leaves of certain edible green plants
- Swedish: gröna — leaves of certain edible green plants
- Swedish: grönsaker — leaves of certain edible green plants
- Tamil: கீரை (kīrai) — leaves of certain edible green plants
- Turkish: yeşillik — leaves of certain edible green plants
- Ukrainian: зе́лень (zélenʹ) — leaves of certain edible green plants
- Ukrainian: зелени́на (zelenýna) — leaves of certain edible green plants
- Vietnamese: rau — leaves of certain edible green plants
- Armenian: բանջար (banǰar) — any vegetable eaten by humans, regardless of colour
- Chichewa: masamba — any vegetable eaten by humans, regardless of colour
- Dutch: groenten — any vegetable eaten by humans, regardless of colour
- Galician: verdura — any vegetable eaten by humans, regardless of colour
- Greek: λαχανικά (lachaniká) — any vegetable eaten by humans, regardless of colour
- Latin: holus — any vegetable eaten by humans, regardless of colour
- Macedonian: зарзават (zarzavat) — any vegetable eaten by humans, regardless of colour
- Russian: о́вощи (óvošči) — any vegetable eaten by humans, regardless of colour
- Tamil: கீரை (kīrai) — any vegetable eaten by humans, regardless of colour
- Turkish: yeşillik — any vegetable eaten by humans, regardless of colour
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