Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Green as grass; specifically, somewhat yellowish-green, of full chroma but rather low luminosity, suggesting rather than resembling the color of grass in the sunlight.
- noun The color of grass.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Green with grass.
- adjective Of the color of grass; clear and vivid green.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A bright
green colour, like that ofgrass . - adjective Of a bright
green colour, like that ofgrass .
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Examples
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While the temperatures hovered in the teens, I witnessed Will Ryman s playful urban Eden -- 25-foot stemmed cotton candy pink and Venetian red roses with grass-green colored foot-long thorns -- sprouting.
Susan Sawyers: Will Ryman's Winter Rose Garden Susan Sawyers 2011
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Saturday morning, while the temperatures hovered in the teens, I witnessed Will Ryman's playful urban Eden - 25-foot stemmed cotton candy pink and Venetian red roses with grass-green colored foot-long thorns - sprouting nearby.
Susan Sawyers: Will Ryman's Winter Rose Garden Susan Sawyers 2011
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While the temperatures hovered in the teens, I witnessed Will Ryman's playful urban Eden -- 25-foot stemmed cotton candy pink and Venetian red roses with grass-green colored foot-long thorns -- sprouting.
Susan Sawyers: Will Ryman's Winter Rose Garden Susan Sawyers 2011
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With grass-green banks, where cluster'd villas peep,
The Age Reviewed 2010
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Saturday morning, while the temperatures hovered in the teens, I witnessed Will Ryman's playful urban Eden - 25-foot stemmed cotton candy pink and Venetian red roses with grass-green colored foot-long thorns - sprouting nearby.
Susan Sawyers: Will Ryman's Winter Rose Garden Susan Sawyers 2011
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Saturday morning, while the temperatures hovered in the teens, I witnessed Will Ryman's playful urban Eden - 25-foot stemmed cotton candy pink and Venetian red roses with grass-green colored foot-long thorns - sprouting nearby.
Susan Sawyers: Will Ryman's Winter Rose Garden Susan Sawyers 2011
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While the temperatures hovered in the teens, I witnessed Will Ryman s playful urban Eden -- 25-foot stemmed cotton candy pink and Venetian red roses with grass-green colored foot-long thorns -- sprouting.
Susan Sawyers: Will Ryman's Winter Rose Garden Susan Sawyers 2011
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Most of the decorating theft will come from Mr. Gili's own country house and studio in Piedmont: threadbare American flags as makeshift slipcovers, wall-mounted marlins next to Italian candelabras, starfish glued to marble mantels, grass-green window frames against blue walls, pillows tied with silk scarves.
Looking at Rooms as Love Affairs Sara Ruffin Costello 2011
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Antipholus of Syracuse (Daniel Weyman) and Antipholus of Ephesus (Daniel Llewelyn-Williams) hold up amusingly – tall fellows in grass-green blazers.
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Quicksilver lounged in front of Tallgrass on the grass-green carpeting in his “Sphinx” position, belly down and forelegs extended.
Silver Zombie Carole Nelson Douglas 2010
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