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Meaning of green

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  green
      adj 1: of the color between blue and yellow in the color
             spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass; "a green
             tree"; "green fields"; "green paint" [syn: {green},
             {greenish}, {light-green}, {dark-green}]
      2: concerned with or supporting or in conformity with the
         political principles of the Green Party
      3: not fully developed or mature; not ripe; "unripe fruit";
         "fried green tomatoes"; "green wood" [syn: {green}, {unripe},
         {unripened}, {immature}] [ant: {mature}, {ripe}]
      4: looking pale and unhealthy; "you're looking green"; "green
         around the gills"
      5: naive and easily deceived or tricked; "at that early age she
         had been gullible and in love" [syn: {fleeceable}, {green},
         {gullible}]
      n 1: green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing
           grass [syn: {green}, {greenness}, {viridity}]
      2: a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area;
         "they went for a walk in the park" [syn: {park}, {commons},
         {common}, {green}]
      3: United States labor leader who was president of the American
         Federation of Labor from 1924 to 1952 and who led the
         struggle with the Congress of Industrial Organizations
         (1873-1952) [syn: {Green}, {William Green}]
      4: an environmentalist who belongs to the Green Party
      5: a river that rises in western Wyoming and flows southward
         through Utah to become a tributary of the Colorado River
         [syn: {Green}, {Green River}]
      6: an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a
         golf course; "the ball rolled across the green and into the
         bunker" [syn: {green}, {putting green}, {putting surface}]
      7: any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten
         as vegetables [syn: {greens}, {green}, {leafy vegetable}]
      8: street names for ketamine [syn: {K}, {jet}, {super acid},
         {special K}, {honey oil}, {green}, {cat valium}, {super C}]
      v 1: turn or become green; "The trees are greening"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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