Definitions
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- adjective of something having a color that is a light shiny green
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Examples
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The leaves overhead formed a glittering, silvery-green canopy that trembled at the slightest stirring of air.
Western Man Janet Dailey 2011
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The leaves overhead formed a glittering, silvery-green canopy that trembled at the slightest stirring of air.
Western Man Janet Dailey 2011
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Many of these olive trees have a striking visual appeal: gnarled, thick trunks with cropped branches and silvery-green leaves.
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This is a cold fragrance, with silvery-green, high-pitched notes of lily of the valley and hyacinth, aided by the bright citrusy notes, being much more prominent than the warmer and sweeter notes of linden, rose and orange blossom.
Archive 2007-03-01 Marina Geigert 2007
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Sparks flew toward the cave's low ceiling, riding on thin strings of silvery-green smoke.
FIRST Blog Tour for December:Bryan Davis' EYE OF THE ORACLE Mirtika 2006
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Chastyl pointed out that there were some silvery-green sparkles in the image, and that suggested the use of Talent.
Soarer's Choice Modesitt, L. E. 2006
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Slow-moving blobs of silvery-green, scarlet, and gold, accompanied by a faint hissing crackle, rose up from the horizon.
Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003
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His eyes, like the leaves of the poppies, were a pale silvery-green, and his light brown hair fell down his back in a single cabled braid.
Kushiel's Avatar Carey, Jacqueline, 1964- 2003
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Ana had a silvery-green shell from their last trip together; she had gone shelling when she was supposed to be practicing with her oars.
Beauty Nancy Butcher 2003
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The silvery-green gleam of her eyes appeared, and then she smiled at him, turning her hand in his and gently squeezing.
Ryan Winston, Anne Marie 2002
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