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kelly green

kelly green noun: a bright green colour.

Noun

kelly green (uncountable)

  1. A bright green colour.
    • They were on their way to a clambake, a Friday night with friends at the marina. Wearing a kelly green tennis dress with white espadrilles, she was carrying a sheet cake resembling a flag, blueberries and strawberries as the stars and stripes arranged across a layer of whipped cream.2022, Ling Ma, “Tomorrow”, in Bliss Montage, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN

Origin of kelly green

American coinage, in reference to the Irish surname Kelly and the association of Ireland with the color green.

Questions about kelly green

What does kelly green mean?
Kelly green means a bright green colour.
What part of speech is kelly green?
Kelly green is a noun.

Words near kelly green in the dictionary

  1. Kelly Bray
  2. Kelly Bundy
  3. Kelly criterion
  4. kelly drive
  5. kelly drives
  6. kelly green
  7. Kelly Kettle
  8. Kelly pool
  9. Kelly Ridge
  10. Kelly tool
  11. Kelly tools

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