greens
Meaning
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- Leaves and leaf-like parts of edible plants when eaten as vegetables or in salads.
- Green vegetables; edible plants or plant parts that contain chlorophyll.
- Leafy plants that are used for decoration.
- The green dress uniform of the United States Marine Corps.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡɹiːnz/
Etymology
In summary
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”).
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green
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- Of a green hue; with a hue which is of grass or leaves.
- Sickly, unwell.
- Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.
- Inexperienced.
- Islamist.
- Full of life and vigour; fresh and vigorous; new; recent.
- Naive or unaware of obvious facts.
- Overcome with envy.
- Environmentally friendly.
- Describing a pitch which, even if there is no visible grass, still contains a significant amount of moisture.
- Of bacon or similar smallgoods: unprocessed, raw, unsmoked; not smoked or spiced.
- Not fully roasted; half raw.
- Of film: freshly processed by the laboratory and not yet fully physically hardened.
- Of freshly cut wood or lumber that has not been dried: containing moisture and therefore relatively more flexible or springy.
- High or too high in acidity.
- Having a sexual connotation.
- Having a color charge of green.
- Being or relating to the green currencies of the European Union.
- Subject to or involving a model of open access in which a published article is only available for to read for free after an embargo period.
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