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in green

in green prepositional phrase: of an object, environmentally friendly or sustainable.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (figuratively) Of an object, environmentally friendly or sustainable.
  2. (figuratively) Of a person, young, naive or inexperienced.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, green.

Questions about in green

What does in green mean?
In green means of an object, environmentally friendly or sustainable.
What part of speech is in green?
In green is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in green in the dictionary

  1. in good season
  2. in good sorts
  3. in good stead
  4. in good time
  5. in good voice
  6. in green
  7. in gross
  8. in haec verba
  9. in half
  10. in hand
  11. in harness

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