Definitions
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- noun Plural form of
green . - noun plurale tantum The
leaves of certainedible greenplants , especially ofbrassicas , eaten as avegetable . - noun plurale tantum Any vegetables eaten by humans, regardless of colour.
- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
green .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables
Etymologies
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Examples
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The yogurt with the greens is an interesting touch, and the lemon cumin dressing is right up my alley.
Chickpeas With Lemon Cumin Dressing & Orange Scented Yogurt on a Bed of Greens Laura 2009
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In the spring of the year the farmers were very fond of a dish which they called greens, though the fashionable name for it now-a-days is spinach, I believe.
Luke Walton Horatio Alger 1865
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The company, which finds more customers among retired military than it does among granola crunching "greens," is growing like topsy and each system installed reduces a household's carbon emissions by fifty percent.
John Gerzema and Michael D'Antonio: Nothing and Everything -- What Consumers Expect from the New Normal John Gerzema 2010
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The company, which finds more customers among retired military than it does among granola crunching "greens," is growing like topsy and each system installed reduces a household's carbon emissions by fifty percent.
John Gerzema and Michael D'Antonio: Nothing and Everything -- What Consumers Expect from the New Normal John Gerzema 2010
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The company, which finds more customers among retired military than it does among granola crunching "greens," is growing like topsy and each system installed reduces a household's carbon emissions by fifty percent.
John Gerzema and Michael D'Antonio: Nothing and Everything -- What Consumers Expect from the New Normal John Gerzema 2010
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My next special op will be finishing canning these greens from the garden today.
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We get more of our greens from the Urban Foodshed Collaborative, an organization that teaches kids to grow vegetables on vacant lots around the city.
Greatest Person Of The Day: Bun Lai, Chef And Sustainable Sushi Guru (PHOTO) Huffington Post 2010
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We get more of our greens from the Urban Foodshed Collaborative, an organization that teaches kids to grow vegetables on vacant lots around the city.
Greatest Person Of The Day: Bun Lai, Chef And Sustainable Sushi Guru (PHOTO) Huffington Post 2010
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Their fig salad with candied almonds and bitter greens is outstanding if they featrure it while you are there.
Page 2 2009
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My next special op will be finishing canning these greens from the garden today.
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