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degreening

degreening is the present participle and gerund of degreen.

Meaning of degreen

Verb

degreen (third-person singular simple present degreens, present participle degreening, simple past and past participle degreened)

  1. (transitive) To remove the green pigment (chlorophyll) from the skins of mature fruit, typically by treatment with ethylene.
  2. (ambitransitive) Of fruit: to have the green pigment removed.

Noun

degreening (uncountable)

  1. The removal of the green pigment (chlorophyll) from the skins of mature fruit, typically by treatment with ethylene.

Questions about degreening

What does degreening mean?
Degreening means the removal of the green pigment (chlorophyll) from the skins of mature fruit, typically by treatment with ethylene.
What is degreening the present participle and gerund of?
Degreening is the present participle and gerund of degreen.
What part of speech is degreening?
Degreening is a noun.

Words near degreening in the dictionary

  1. degreened
  2. degreenified
  3. degreenifies
  4. degreenify
  5. degreenifying
  6. degreening
  7. degreens
  8. degrees
  9. degrees absolute
  10. degrees Celsius
  11. degrees centigrade

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Adapted from Wiktionary: degreening (page history and authors); degreen (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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