greenness

pronunciation

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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.