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reddish-green

reddish-green adjective: of a part of a plant, of a reddish or sometimes magentaish color that blends into or seems darkened by green (e.g. from other parts of the plant).

reddish-green: of a part of a plant, of a reddish or sometimes magentaish color that blends into or seems darkened...
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Adjective

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

  1. Of a part of a plant, of a reddish or sometimes magentaish color that blends into or seems darkened by green (e.g. from other parts of the plant).
    • A. orlandiana 'Ensign' is almost too lovely for words. The bright white margins are accented so wonderfully with bright red spinose teeth and rosy-red markings. The entire light green leaf center is mottled red to reddish-green, giving even more curious combinations of colors.2015, Laurence C. Hatch, HITS: House, Interior, Tropical, and Succulent Plants:: Genera A to B
  2. An impossible or nonsensical color, especially in philosophy.

Forms of reddish-green

comparativemore reddish-green
superlativemost reddish-green
alternative formreddish green

Questions about reddish-green

What does reddish-green mean?
Reddish-green means of a part of a plant, of a reddish or sometimes magentaish color that blends into or seems darkened by green (e.g. from other parts of the plant).
What part of speech is reddish-green?
Reddish-green is an adjective.

Words near reddish-green in the dictionary

  1. reddish
  2. reddish egret
  3. reddish egrets
  4. reddish green
  5. reddish-brown
  6. reddish-green
  7. Reddishes
  8. reddishly
  9. reddishness
  10. reddit
  11. redditard

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