–adjective
- of the color of growing foliage, between yellow and blue in the spectrum: green leaves.
- covered with herbage or foliage; verdant: green fields.
- characterized by the presence of verdure.
- made of green vegetables, as lettuce, spinach, endive, or chicory: a green salad.
- not fully developed or perfected in growth or condition; unripe; not properly aged: This peach is still green.
- unseasoned; not dried or cured: green lumber.
- immature in age or judgment; untrained; inexperienced: a green worker.
- simple; unsophisticated; gullible; easily fooled.
- fresh, recent, or new: an insult still green in his mind.
- having a sickly appearance; pale; wan: green with fear; green with envy.
- full of life and vigor; young: a man ripe in years but green in heart.
- environmentally sound or beneficial: green computers.
- (of wine) having a flavor that is raw, harsh, and acid, due esp. to a lack of maturity.
- (of cement or mortar) freshly set and not completely hardened.
–noun
- a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm; found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing, of some fruits while ripening, and of the sea.
- a secondary color that has been formed by the mixture of blue and yellow pigments.
- grassy land; a plot of grassy ground.
- a piece of grassy ground constituting a town or village common.
- money; greenbacks (usually prec. by the): I’d like to buy a new car but I don’t have the green.
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