greens

/ɡɹiːnz/

noun

  1. 1

    The colour of growing foliage, as well as other plant cells containing chlorophyll; the colour between yellow and blue in the visible spectrum; one of the primary additive colour for transmitted light; the colour obtained by subtracting red and blue from white light using cyan and yellow filters.

  2. 2

    (sometimes capitalised) A member of a green party; an environmentalist.

  3. 3

    A putting green, the part of a golf course near the hole.

  4. 4

    (bowls) The surface upon which bowls is played.

  5. 5

    One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 3 points.

  6. 6

    A public patch of land in the middle of a settlement.

  7. 7

    A grassy plain; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage.

  8. 8

    (chiefly in plural) Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths.

  9. 9

    Any substance or pigment of a green colour.

  10. 10

    Marijuana.

  11. 11

    Money.

  12. 12

    One of the three color charges for quarks.

noun

  1. 1

    Leaves and leaf-like parts of edible plants when eaten as vegetables or in salads.

  2. 2

    Green vegetables; edible plants or plant parts that contain chlorophyll.

  3. 3

    Leafy plants that are used for decoration.

  4. 4

    The green uniform of the United States Marine Corps.

verb

  1. 1

    To make (something) green, to turn (something) green.

  2. 2

    To become or grow green in colour.

  3. 3

    To add greenspaces to (a town, etc.).

  4. 4

    To become environmentally aware.

  5. 5

    To make (something) environmentally friendly.

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