Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Plural form of green.
- n. plurale tantum The leaves of certain edible green plants, especially of brassicas, eaten as a vegetable.
- n. plurale tantum Any vegetables eaten by humans, regardless of colour.
- v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of green.
WordNet 3.0
- n. any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables
Etymologies
- From the plural form of green. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The yogurt with the greens is an interesting touch, and the lemon cumin dressing is right up my alley.”
Chickpeas With Lemon Cumin Dressing & Orange Scented Yogurt on a Bed of Greens
“In the spring of the year the farmers were very fond of a dish which they called greens, though the fashionable name for it now-a-days is spinach, I believe.”
“The company, which finds more customers among retired military than it does among granola crunching "greens," is growing like topsy and each system installed reduces a household's carbon emissions by fifty percent.”
“Their fig salad with candied almonds and bitter greens is outstanding if they featrure it while you are there.”
“My next special op will be finishing canning these greens from the garden today.”
“We get more of our greens from the Urban Foodshed Collaborative, an organization that teaches kids to grow vegetables on vacant lots around the city.”
The Huffington Post: Greatest Person Of The Day: Bun Lai, Chef And Sustainable Sushi Guru (PHOTO)
“Why in the minds of most greens is it okay to practice biotech on the human species, but not on lower animals and plants?”
Monsanto’s Started a Blog: Conversation with Critics, or the Same Old PR?
“Part of the key must have been the amazing greens from the Sunset Valley (Austin) farmers market.”
“Olivia -- That's funny, though even saying greens is a bit confusing since there are all sorts of greens -- turnip greens, swiss chard, kale, collards, etc.”
“I'm on to the chipotle in greens idea, but peanut butter is new to me.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘greens’.
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Russian Doll Words
A Russian Doll word is a word that, when you remove the first and last letters, is either the empty string, or a Russian Doll word. These are all of the 6 or more letter Russian Doll words found in...
waspiness, upraisers, strainers, sporangia, raspiness, prelatess, methanals, gaspiness, washings, uprisers, upraises, upraiser and 2373 more...
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Open List: Greens
A lits of greens: cooked leafy vegetables; pigments, paint names, compound words, etc; words and phrases that pertain to or contain "green". Please add your favorites!
See this list f...greenery, collard greens, mustard greens, turnip greens, green shoots, viridian green, malachite green, sap green, green grocer, radish greens, beet greens, spring green and 282 more...
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pol.and envnment
kirlenme ve çevre
harmful, destroying, the ozone layer, global warming, conservation, greens, exhaust fumes, dumping, aerosol cans, recycled, resources
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From Byzantium with Love
anna comnena, procopius, secret history, alexiad, urselius, nourished by mani..., alexius, born in the purple, porphyry, faction, greens, blues and 18 more...
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