Word Definition

Green

  1. Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green fruit, corn, vegetables, etc.
  2. Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as, green wood, timber, etc.
  3. Not roasted; half raw.
  4. The color of growing plants; the color of the solar spectrum intermediate between the yellow and the blue.
  5. Full of life aud vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent; as, a green manhood; a green wound.
  6. pl. Leaves and stems of young plants, as spinach, beets, etc., which in their green state are boiled for food.
  7. Having a sickly color; wan.
  8. To make green.
  9. Immature in age or experience; young; raw; not trained; awkward; as, green in years or judgment.
  10. Any substance or pigment of a green color.
  11. Having the color of grass when fresh and growing; resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emerald.
  12. To become or grow green.
  13. A grassy plain or plat; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage; as, the village green.
  14. Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths; -- usually in the plural.

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