gray-green
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- adjective
- /ɡreɪ ɡriːn/
- US
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verde grisáceo
- The swampy plains are gray-green, patchy with algae and a few primitive treelike plants.
- gray-green moss
- gray-green leaves
- gray-green foliage
I mean, she was grey green butt just a trooper.
- I mean, she was grey green butt just a trooper.
Examples
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The vegetation is sparse, gray-green, low to the ground, and defensive.
Fiction book (1995) -
"Their glasses touched again, and Seth felt himself drawn into her gray-green eyes.
Fiction book (1995) -
" His eyes, through his glasses, were gray-green and somehow out of focus.
Fiction book (2002) -
Jeff parked behind a gray-green Studebaker, my favorite make of car.
Fiction book (1999) -
The shark looked huge, its gray-green length moving lazily along just beneath the surface.
Academic text (1997) -
Renko shaded his eyes and looked down the beach at his children playing in the gray-green surf.
Fiction book (1999) -
The sky was soon shut out by the gray-green, mossy canopy of cypress trees.
Fiction book (1992) -
The mists pressed in thickly on three sides, but before her loomed the gray-green swamp and tea-colored water.
Fiction book (1992) -
His eyes shone in the sunlight, a striking shade of gray-green that captured everyone's attention.
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The landscape was painted with gray-green hues, where the fading light met the rolling hills.
Synonyms
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3.2
A green color mixed with gray
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3.0
A gray color with a little green in it
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3.7
A yellow-green color like green olives
A gray color with a hint of olive green
A soft gray-green color used for calm home or clothing styles
How Gray
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word gray-green is simply a combination of gray and green, like mixing green paint with a little gray to make a softer, quieter color. So gray-green means 'a green with a touch of gray', a calm, soft shade.