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salt-green

salt-green adjective: sea green.

Adjective

salt-green (not comparable)

  1. Sea green.
    • Even till the eastern gate, all fiery-red, / Opening on Neptune with fair blessed beams, / Turns into yellow gold his salt-green streams.c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First...

Questions about salt-green

What does salt-green mean?
Salt-green means sea green.
What part of speech is salt-green?
Salt-green is an adjective.

Words near salt-green in the dictionary

  1. salt-boxes
  2. salt-cat
  3. salt-cellar
  4. salt-effect distillation
  5. salt-free
  6. salt-green
  7. salt-marsh caterpillar
  8. salt-marsh caterpillars
  9. salt-marsh terrapin
  10. salt-marsh terrapins
  11. salt-myrtle

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