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Definition of Greenish
1. Adjective. Of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass. "Green paint"
Similar to: Chromatic
Derivative terms: Green, Greenness, Greenishness
Definition of Greenish
1. a. Somewhat green; having a tinge of green; as, a greenish yellow.
Definition of Greenish
1. Adjective. Somewhat green. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Greenish
1. somewhat green [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Greenish
Literary usage of Greenish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"Fis. white to green or greenish yellow. в. Color pure white. c. Lip entire. ...
Petals exceeding sepals; spur greenish white, about equaling the ovary. ..."
2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"The large greenish fruits are similar to those of the buckeye. ... terminating in
a dense cylindrical spike of numerous, closely packed greenish flowers. ..."
3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1858)
"A little bluish ; bluish ; reddish towards the horizon ; yellow ; greenish towards
the horizon. August.—Reddish, 2 cases ; bluish ; bluish towards the ..."
4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Thus, red and greenish-blue, orange and cyanic-bine, yellow and indigo-blue, and
greenish-yellow and violet all product white. ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"A greenish or white quartzite, having spangles of mica, or a greenish chlorite,
or both, is said to come from India and is occasionally sold as jade. ..."
6. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1829)
"greenish-yellow; beneath yellow; head, sides of neck, and band on chest black;
throat and crop whitish ; length seven inches. New Holland. ..."
7. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"... indistinct cubic crystals of a greenish-grey colour. Frequently a small amount
of iodine is also present, and the formula is Ag(Cl,Br,I) ; the colour of ..."
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