green

/griːn/ adjective

Definition

COLOUR › being the same colour as grass: The traffic lights turned green.

ENVIRONMENT [always before noun] › relating to nature and protecting the environment: a green activist/campaigner

GRASS › covered with grass or other plants: green spaces

NOT EXPERIENCED informal › having little experience or understanding: I was very green when I joined the company.

→ See also have green fingers → See also green light

(Definition of green adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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