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Switching every bulb in every public building in South Korea to light-emitting diodes by the end of this year is one, very small, element in the master plan of what has been described as the greenest new deal on the planet.

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  1. noun The hue of that portion of the visible spectrum lying between yellow and blue, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 490 to 570 nanometers; any of a group of colors that may vary in lightness and saturation and whose hue is that of the emerald or somewhat less yellow than that of growing grass; one of the additive or light primaries; one of the psychological primary hues.
  2. noun Something green in color.
  3. noun Green growth or foliage, especially:
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  • In November we find him settled in Venice, “the greenest isle of his imagination.” There he began to form those questionable alliances which are so marked a feature of his life, and so frequent a theme in his letters, that it is impossible to pass them without notice. —  Byron
  • This year automakers are doing all they can to paint themselves as the greenest in town. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
  • This year's egg is the 'greenest' egg in White House Easter Egg Roll history. —  U.S. News
  • The reader is rarely told how much different options cost installed; how much the conventional and less-green options cost; how the dollars net out from up-front cost and long-term savings for the greenest choice compared with others; what the pay-back time is for each "cost-saving" green system; and the square-foot cost of building one way against others.
  • When the "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" bus moves Thursday, Mary Ann Riojas and her family will enter a house that has some of the "greenest" technology. —  Home
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