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greenery

/ˈɡɹiːnəɹi/

greenery noun: green foliage or verdure.

Noun

greenery (usually uncountable, plural greeneries)

  1. (usually) Green foliage or verdure.
  2. (usually) Foliage used as decoration.
  3. (slang, usually) Marijuana.

greenery meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

greenery in Tamil

பைம்புதல், பசுந்தழை

greenery in Marathi

green foliage
वनराई vanrāī

greenery in Urdu

greenery, verdure, vegetation
ہریالی hariyālī

greenery in Bengali

greenery, verdure, herbage
সবজা śôbja
More languagesFewer languages
greenery in Malayalam
പച്ചപ്പ് paccappŭ
greenery in Kannada
ಪಯಿರು ಪಚ್ಚೆ, ಹಸುರು ಹುಲ್ಲು, ವನರಾಜಿ

Examples of greenery in a sentence

  • The frosty pumpkin is the sign of the end of the growing season, soon the greenery will wither and harvest end for the year.
  • These areas require specific planning action, such as increasing greenery coverage and reducing anthropogenic heat release.
  • The impact of clearing overgrown greenery is a necessary evil that must be tackled - for a variety of reasons.

All 10 example sentences with greenery

Synonyms of greenery

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All synonyms of greenery

Forms of greenery

pluralgreeneries

Origin of greenery

From green + -ery.

Words formed from greenery

Words that rhyme with greenery

Questions about greenery

What does greenery mean?
Greenery means green foliage or verdure.
What is greenery in Tamil?
Greenery in Tamil is பைம்புதல், பசுந்தழை. See Greenery meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is greenery?
Greenery is a noun.
How do you pronounce greenery?
Greenery is pronounced /ˈɡɹiːnəɹi/.
What is the plural of greenery?
The plural of greenery is greeneries.

Words near greenery in the dictionary

  1. greener
  2. greener pastures
  3. greener-eyed
  4. greeneries
  5. greeners
  6. greenery
  7. greenery-yallery
  8. greenest
  9. greenest-eyed
  10. Greenethorpe
  11. greenette

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: greenery (page history and authors); greenery (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ہریالی (Urdu) (page history and authors); সবজা (Bengali) (page history and authors); പച്ചപ്പ് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); greenery (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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