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greens

noun
/ɡɹiːnz/

Etymology

From Middle English grenes, equivalent to green + -s. Compare Saterland Frisian Gräinieten (“vegetable”), West Frisian grienten (“vegetables, greens”), Dutch groenten (“vegetables, greens”), German Low German Gröönten (“vegetables, greens”), Danish grøntsager (“vegetables”), Swedish grönsaker (“vegetables”).

  1. borrowed from Πράσινοι
  2. borrowed from prasinus

Definitions

  1. Leaves and leaf-like parts of edible plants when eaten as vegetables or in salads.

    • salad greens
    • collard greens
    • If you're a beginning gardener and have never grown a vegetable in your life before, try greens. You'll find no easier group of vegetables to grow than greens.

  2. Green vegetables

    Green vegetables; edible plants or plant parts that contain chlorophyll.

    • starches, meats, and greens
    • Seaweed is delicious, and now that you've fallen in love with these ocean greens, you likely can't wait to polish off multiple bowlfuls each day.

  3. Leafy plants that are used for decoration.

    • Yuletide greens
    • Tip greens - the new growth at the ends of branches - are often harvested either for the wholesale or retail market, or for one's own processing.
    • In phase II, we carried out the field portion of the study during two consecutive weeks in April 2002, a time that coincided with the end of the spring floral greens havesting season for that year.
  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. The green dress uniform of the United States Marine Corps.

      • Some years ago, moths ruined my greens, and my son, a career Army man, sensed my loss.

    2. plural of green

    3. third-person singular simple present indicative of green

    4. The Australian Greens, a left-wing, progressive green party in Australia

    5. Synonym of Green Party in various other contexts.

    6. Any of several sports teams whose uniform is predominantly green, particularly

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA