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leek-green

leek-green adjective: having a light green colour as that of the top part of a leek.

Adjective

leek-green (comparative more leek-green, superlative most leek-green)

  1. Having a light green colour as that of the top part of a leek.
    • Oat crops are for the most part leek-green and promising well; some of the brown oats are whitening to harvest, and on some farms (outlying) are in stook.1927, The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, page 4, column 3

Synonyms of leek-green

Forms of leek-green

comparativemore leek-green
superlativemost leek-green

Questions about leek-green

What does leek-green mean?
Leek-green means having a light green colour as that of the top part of a leek.
What part of speech is leek-green?
Leek-green is an adjective.

Words near leek-green in the dictionary

  1. Leegomery
  2. leek
  3. leek moth
  4. leek moths
  5. leek orchid
  6. leek-green
  7. Leeka
  8. Leekbrook
  9. leekier
  10. leekiest
  11. leekish

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