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apple green

apple green is the alternative form 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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Forms of apple green

pluralapple greens

Questions about apple green

What is apple green the alternative form of?
Apple green is the alternative form of apple-green.

Words near apple green in the dictionary

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  2. apple geraniums
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  4. Apple Gifting Days
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  6. apple green
  7. apple greens
  8. apple honey
  9. apple honeys
  10. Apple Isle
  11. apple juice

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