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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fanciful term sometimes used to describe color combinations which are decidedly agreeable, like the russet and green of a forest, or the violet and yellowish green of the wistaria.
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Here at least was something of interest -- the gray-green hedges, thick, sturdy, and high, were dotted with their golden mock-oranges, useless fruit, but more welcome here than rain in a desert; for these balls were things of beauty, and swung on their long tough boughs they formed with the soft green leaves a color-chord that pleased the weary eye.
Animal Heroes Ernest Thompson Seton 1903
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