Meaning of Greens | Babel Free

Definitions

1. plural of Green
2. Leaves and leaf-like parts of edible plants when eaten as vegetables or in salads.
   plural, plural-only
3. Green vegetables; edible plants or plant parts that contain chlorophyll.
   plural, plural-only
4. Synonym of Green Party in various other contexts.
   informal
5. The Australian Greens, a left-wing, progressive green party in Australia
6. Leafy plants that are used for decoration.
   plural, plural-only
7. Any of several sports teams whose uniform is predominantly green, particularly
   informal
8. Synonym of Green Party in various other contexts
9. The green dress uniform of the United States Marine Corps.
   plural, plural-only
10. The chariot-racing faction of the Roman circus and Constantinopolitan hippodrome that wore green.
    historical, informal
11. Any of several sports teams whose uniform is predominantly green, particularly The chariot-racing faction of the Roman circus and Constantinopolitan hippodrome that wore green

Equivalents

Examples

“salad greens”

“collard greens”

“If you're a beginning gardener and have never grown a vegetable in your life before, try greens. You'll find no easier group of vegetables to grow than greens.”

“Collard Greens are my favorite greens!”

“Throughout the winter and spring, a variety of little greens shoot up that are the staples of a harvested salad.”

“So, here's the deal: greens should be an essential part of every meal. And by greens I mean leafy greens, leaves on plants (such as tomato leaves), and herbs.”

“Another option is to wash spinach and other leafy greens thoroughly in running water before eating them.”

“starches, meats, and greens”

“Greens are the most basic and prevalent life form on the planet. In the waters, the greens are represented in large and microscopic plant life such as phytoplankton, which grow abundantly in oceans around the world and are the foundation of the marine food chain. On land, the greens can be represented in many green plants and tree foliage with access to sunlight and water. They all contain the pigment chlorophyll for photosynthesis.”

“Seaweed is delicious, and now that you've fallen in love with these ocean greens, you likely can't wait to polish off multiple bowlfuls each day.”

“91% of Americans don't eat the recommended daily intake of green vegetables. This is a combination of the challenge of time, budget and the perception most of us picked up as kids that greens don't taste good.”

“We know we should eat more greens, but we so easily get stuck in a rut and just steam some broccoli or green beans, time and time again”

“Yuletide greens”

“Tip greens - the new growth at the ends of branches - are often harvested either for the wholesale or retail market, or for one's own processing.”

“In phase II, we carried out the field portion of the study during two consecutive weeks in April 2002, a time that coincided with the end of the spring floral greens havesting season for that year.”

“"We're going for Christmas greens and Dad's going to cut our tree from away up on the hillside," Toad told him, "and," he added, "we're going to take one of the horses with us to drag it home.”

“Some years ago, moths ruined my greens, and my son, a career Army man, sensed my loss.”

“'Constantinople adopted the follies, though not the virtues of ancient Rome,' wrote Edward Gibbon, 'and the same factions which had agitated the circus raged with redoubled fury in the Hippodrome.' Gibbon's judgment was that what produced the 'redoubled fury' in the Hippodrome was senseless hooliganism, and even though the Blues and Greens could be politicized upon occasion, they had no coherent aims, religious or political. Gibbon's successors had alternative suggestions, the most persistent of which has been that the Blues were supporters of religious orthodoxy and the Greens of Monophysitism.”

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