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What is the adjective for green?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs green and greenify which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

green
  1. Having green as its color.
  2. (figuratively, of people) Sickly, unwell.
  3. Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.
  4. (figuratively, of people) Inexperienced.
  5. (figuratively, of people) Naïve or unaware of obvious facts.
  6. (figuratively, of people) Overcome with envy.
  7. (figuratively) Environmentally friendly.
  8. (cricket) Describing a pitch which, even if there is no visible grass, still contains a significant amount of moisture.
  9. (dated) Of bacon or similar smallgoods: unprocessed, raw, unsmoked; not smoked or spiced.[1]
  10. (dated) Not fully roasted; half raw.
  11. Of freshly cut wood or lumber that has not been dried: containing moisture and therefore relatively more flexible or springy.
  12. (wine) High or too high in acidity.
  13. Full of life and vigour; fresh and vigorous; new; recent.
  14. (Philippines) Having a sexual connotation.
  15. (particle physics) Having a color charge of green.
  16. Synonyms:
      17. greenish, aquamarine, viridescent, aqua, glaucous, virescent, beryl, bice, chartreuse, emerald, grass, jade, khaki, lime, olive, vert, viridian, apple, avocado, fir, forest, malachite, moss, pea, pine, sage, sap, sea, spinach, verdigris, willow, blue-green, emerald green, greenish-blue, lime green, olive green, pea green, sage green, sea green, acid green, bottle green, eau de Nil, Lincoln green, kelly green, mignonette, turquoise, verdant, leafy, grassy, foliate … more
  17. Examples:
      18. “The ribbon is orange with two green stripes that symbolize its agricultural links.”
      “Vast green forests covered the magnificent countryside.”
      “Young, green travelers should be warned about the dangers that exists outside of their comfort zone.”
greeny
  1. greenish; like green, combined with green
greene
  1. Obsolete spelling of green
  2. Examples:
      3. “In June, July, and August, they feed upon the rootes of Tockwough berries, fish, and greene wheat.”
      “Down there in the turnip greene and the tears, hope remained alive.”
      “Their corne they rost in the eare greene, and bruising it in a morter of wood with a Polt, lappe it in rowles in the leaves of their corne, and so boyle it for a daintie.”
greenable
  1. (dye) Capable of turning green.
greenside
  1. (golf) Next to the green.
  2. Examples:
      3. “He kept Europe ahead at the ninth with a sensational bunker shot from an awkward lie in a greenside trap, followed by a successful putt.”
      “Is your course manicured with tightly mown fairways, fast, firm greens and deep greenside bunkers?”
      “Woods began shakily, slicing his opening drive into the trees before scrambling for a par via the greenside bunker.”
greenish
  1. Somewhat green.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. green, aquamarine, viridescent, aqua, glaucous, virescent, beryl, bice, chartreuse, emerald, grass, jade, khaki, lime, olive, vert, viridian, apple, avocado, fir, forest, malachite, moss, pea, pine, sage, sap, sea, spinach, verdigris, willow, blue-green, emerald green, greenish-blue, lime green, olive green, pea green, sage green, sea green, acid green, bottle green, eau de Nil, Lincoln green, turquoise, kelly green, mignonette, plantlike, chlorophyllous, foliaceous, leafy … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “It was not the warm, gentle radiance of a flame, but an eerie, greenish glow whose essence was cold and lifeless.”
      “Brilliant coral-red leaves fade to greenish pink in summer and develop only a little color in fall.”
      “The stones on the bottom of the brook were flat and greenish in the wan afternoon light.”
greening
  1. Becoming green in colour.
greenest
  1. superlative form of green: most green
  2. Synonyms:
      3. sagest, most greenish, most viridescent, most aqua, most glaucous, most virescent, most emerald, most khaki, most olive, most vert, most viridian, most malachite, most blue-green, most lime green, most bottle green, most Lincoln green, leafiest, grassiest, boskiest, lushest, most verdant, most foliate, most pastoral, most rural, most verdurous, most blooming, most fertile, most luxuriant, most overgrown, most grown, ignorantest, callowest, simplest, unwariest, unworldliest, dewiest, tenderest, freshest, youngest, naifest, most innocent, most naive, most immature, most ingenuous, most credulous, most gullible, most unsophisticated, most unknowing, most unsuspecting, most juvenile … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Accumulated dust and dirt had been washed off all growing things, so any trees or shrubs were at their greenest.”
      “Even the greenest and purest, seemingly untouched fields were breeding grounds filled with fermenting disease and devastation.”
      “During the dry season, it is less critical to find dry wood because even the greenest pine dries quickly.”
greened
  1. simple past tense and past participle of green
greenified
  1. simple past tense and past participle of greenify
greenifying
  1. present participle of greenify
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