greenery

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There was also an orchard with a variety of fruit trees such as mango, chickoo, coconut palms etc In the midst of all this greenery were the residential buildings with the canteen in between.

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  1. noun Green foliage; verdure.
  2. noun Such foliage used for decoration.
  3. noun A place where plants are grown.

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  • Under the greenery was the root of a tree, invisible from the water but still solid. —  Rings of Ice
  • By the time I reached the top of the stairs, the greenery was all back where it belonged, and Sunny was careening through the door at the bottom. —  Emma Bull - Finder
  • Then we visited the Taj Mahal, and ever hence, I hope the vision of white marble and greenery will be ours CHAPTER XXXIX AGRA.--I find India generally speaking is a little vexatious, and think that perhaps the youth who stays at home may after all score over the youth who is sent to roam. —  From Edinburgh to India ; Burmah
  • They watched the daily budding greenery, the gleams of daffodils among their sword-blades of leaves, the pushing of sheaths and heads through the teeming soil, the bursts of sunshine and the absurd childish little gushes of rain, skimming the green country like a frown Truly a time for joy and idleness If only," said Hadria, when Professor Theobald thus grew enthusiastic on the subject, "if only my cook had not given a month's notice She would not second his mood, be it what it might. —  The Daughters of Danaus
  • I loved the fresh greenery, the still, sunny morning, the chiming of our bells; but the people with whom I lived in this town were boring, alien to me, sometimes even repulsive. —  The Chorus Girl and Other Stories
 

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/ˈgrinəri/
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