green goddess
green goddess noun: a variety of salad dressing containing mayonnaise, sour cream, chives and chervil.
Noun (1)
green goddess (uncountable)
- A variety of salad dressing containing mayonnaise, sour cream, chives and chervil.
Noun (2) capitalized: Green Goddess
Green Goddess (plural Green Goddesses)
- A fire engine used by the army, the Bedford RLHZ Self-Propelled Pump.
Proper noun capitalized: Green Goddess
the Green Goddess
- The Kenkyusha New Japanese-English Dictionary.
- For the shūsei process, however, it’s best to enlist a more rigorous J-E dictionary: It’s time to bow down to the “Green Goddess.” ¶ The Kenkyūsha Shin Wa-Ei Daijiten (研究社新和英大辞典, Kenkyusha New Japanese-English Dictionary) is a legendary tome that earned the adana (あだ名, nickname) of the “Green...2015 September 21, Daniel Morales, “When translation gets tough, bow to the 'Green Goddess'”, in The Japan Times, archived from the original on 10 Sep 2025
Forms of green goddess
| plural | Green Goddesses |
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Origin of green goddess
Named after the stage play The Green Goddess (1921) because of its green color.
From their green color.
Questions about green goddess
- What does green goddess mean?
- Green goddess means a variety of salad dressing containing mayonnaise, sour cream, chives and chervil.
- What part of speech is green goddess?
- Green goddess can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of green goddess?
- The plural of green goddess is Green Goddesses.
Words near green goddess in the dictionary
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