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green

  • noun
  • /ˈɡɹiːn/

The color of grass and leaves; a primary additive color midway between yellow and blue which is evoked by light between roughly 495–570 nm.

Other meanings

  1. A member of a green party; an environmentalist.

  2. A putting green, the part of a golf course near the hole.

Example sentences

  • “They have the best green curry.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
  • “In other news, grass is green.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Word history

From Old English "grēne".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “green” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.