Definition of "green"
- adjective
Having green as its color.
Sickly, unwell.
Inexperienced.
Environmentally friendly.
Overcome with envy.
Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.
Of freshly cut wood or lumber that has not been dried, containing moisture and therefore relatively more flexible or springy.
Naïve or unaware of obvious facts.
- noun
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.
A member of a green party; an environmentalist.
- verb
To make (something) green, to turn (something) green.
To become or grow green in colour.
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