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WordBand 4.5–5.5Core (NGSL)
green
/ɡɹiːn/
adjective1 of 2
color of young leaves
- “There are green, brown and white boxes in the factory.”Tatoeba
- “Put the red apples here and the green ones there.”Tatoeba
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noun2 of 2
The colour of growing foliage, as well as other plant cells containing chlorophyll; the colour between yellow and blue in the visible spectrum; one of the primary additive colour for transmitted light.
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)