green
adjective (COLOUR) /ɡriːn/Definition
A1 of a colour between blue and yellow; of the colour of grass: green vegetablesCommon coloursLess common colours greenness /ˈɡriːn.nəs/ noun [U] › the quality of being green: What first struck her when she arrived in England was the greenness of the countryside.The qualities of colour
(Definition of green adjective (COLOUR) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- blue adjective (COLOUR)
- blue noun (COLOUR)
- bluish adjective
- brown noun
- brownish adjective
- green noun (COLOUR)
- greenish adjective
- orange adjective
- pink adjective (PALE RED)
- pink noun (COLOUR)
- pinkish adjective
- purple adjective (COLOUR)
- purplish adjective
- red adjective
- red noun
- redden verb
- reddish adjective
- yellow noun
- yellow verb
- yellowish adjective
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