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Nile green

Nile green noun: a yellowish green colour.

Noun

Nile green (countable and uncountable, plural Nile greens)

  1. A yellowish green colour.
    • Eau de Nil (“water of the Nile”) is a tricky color to pin down precisely. It is a light-greenish hue, more saturated than celadon, less gray than sage. It has tan undertones and a cool bluish cast. It is, confusingly, an entirely different color from Nile green.2018 February 13, Katy Kelleher, “Eau de Nil, the Light-Green Color of Egypt-Obsessed Europe”, in The Paris Review

Adjective

Nile green (not comparable)

  1. Of a yellowish green colour.

Forms of Nile green

pluralNile greens

Questions about Nile green

What does Nile green mean?
Nile green means a yellowish green colour.
What part of speech is Nile green?
Nile green can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of Nile green?
The plural of Nile green is Nile greens.

Words near Nile green in the dictionary

  1. Nile crocodiles
  2. Nile fox
  3. Nile foxes
  4. Nile geese
  5. Nile goose
  6. Nile green
  7. Nile greens
  8. nile monitor
  9. nile monitors
  10. Nile perch
  11. Nile perches

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