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apple-greens

apple-greens is the plural of apple-green.

Meaning of apple-green

Noun

apple-green (countable and uncountable, plural apple-greens)

  1. A bright green colour with a light tint of yellow, like that of a Granny Smith apple.
    • New bills always seemed to have such a lovely pale green colour, apple-green.1961, Ross Russell, “If You Can’t Get Five—”, in The Sound, New York, N.Y.: E. P. Dutton & Co., →LCCN, →OCLC, part 2, page 181
    Synonyms:
    apple

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Questions about apple-greens

What is apple-greens the plural of?
Apple-greens is the plural of apple-green.

Words near apple-greens in the dictionary

  1. apple-corers
  2. apple-crook
  3. apple-crooks
  4. apple-dumpling shop
  5. apple-green
  6. apple-greens
  7. apple-john
  8. apple-johns
  9. apple-knocker
  10. apple-knockers
  11. apple-like

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