greenness
pronunciation
How to pronounce greenness in British English: UK
How to pronounce greenness in American English: US
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- Noun:
- lush greenness of flourishing vegetation
- the state of not being ripe
- the property of being green; resembling the color of growing grass
Word Origin
- greenness (n.)
- Old English grennes "green color; quality of being green," in plural, "green things, plants;" see green (adj.) + -ness. Meaning "immaturity" is from early 15c. Walpole coined greenth (1753) in the same sense.