OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 1237

green

/ɡɹiːn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
verde
Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.
verde
Inexperienced.
I might be angry[…] with the officious zeal which supposes that its green conceptions can instruct my grey hairs.
John's kind of green, so take it easy on him this first week.
verde
Environmentally friendly.
Green New Deal
green energy
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📚 noun • entry_id 1236

green

/ɡɹiːn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
verde
The color of grass and leaves; a primary additive color midway between yellow and blue which is evoked by light between roughly 495–570 nm.
In a period of increasing industrialization and the palette of grey, brown, and black that came to dominate the modern city, greens provided a refreshing contrast, seemingly bringi…
Red No. 3, red No. 40, blue No. 2 and green No. 3 all have been linked with cancer or tumors in animals. Other sources say red No. 40 and yellow No. 5 and No. 6 contain or may be c…
verde
A member of a green party; an environmentalist.
How have greens sought to map an ecologically and socially sustainable future for society?
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