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Definition of Greenery
1. Noun. Green foliage.
Definition of Greenery
1. n. Green plants; verdure.
Definition of Greenery
1. Noun. green foliage or verdure ¹
2. Noun. Foliage used as a decoration ¹
3. Noun. (slang) marijuana ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Greenery
1. green vegetation [n -ERIES]
Medical Definition of Greenery
1. Green plants; verdure. "A pretty little one-storied abode, so rural, so smothered in greenery." (J. Ingelow) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Greenery
Literary usage of Greenery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. My Air-ships: The Story of My Life by Alberto Santos-Dumont (1904)
"Below there seemed to be an ocean of greenery, soft and safe. It was while over
the continuation of this greenery in the grassy ..."
2. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan: An Account of Travels in the Interior Including by Isabella Lucy Bird (1888)
"An Infamous Road—Monotonous greenery—Abysmal Dirt—Low Lives — The Tsugawa ...
all smothered in greenery, which, when I am ill- pleased, I am inclined to ..."
3. Income Opportunities in Special Forest Products: Self-Help Suggestions for by Margaret G. Thomas (1994)
"In addition, entire trees and plants are frequently dug and sold to landscape
and garden centers. Table 9-1. Commonly harvested forest floral and greenery ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... the earth with greenery and flowers, after each winter and night of death had
stripped the world of its faded robes and hidden them away, ..."
5. Letters of Celia Thaxter by Celia Thaxter (1895)
"... and the plants in the ten sunny windows made a perfect bower of greenery and
bloom. I have not seen them so beautiful since my dear mother left them. ..."
6. Why Go to College?: An Address by Alice Freeman Palmer (1897)
"... of running water and its wealth of greenery. There is a close connection
between the marvellous unbroken line of English song, and the passionate love ..."
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