A surname from Middle English, a variant of Green. / A number of townships in the United States, listed under Greene Township.

simple past tense and past participle of green

Obsolete spelling of green

(nautical) Describing the condition in which two sea-going ships travelling in opposite directions pass each other on their starboard sides, making their green navigation lights face each other.

(aviation) Pertaining to the pairing of a new/green captain/pilot with a new/green first officer/co-pilot as the cockpit crew of a flight.

Having green as its color. / (figuratively, of people) Sickly, unwell. / Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen. / (figuratively) Inexperienced.

The colour of growing foliage, as well as other plant cells containing chlorophyll; the colour between yellow and blue in the visible spectrum; one of the primary additive colour for transmitted light; the colour obtained by subtracting red and blue from white light using cyan and yellow filters.

(transitive) To make (something) green, to turn (something) green. / To become or grow green in colour. / (transitive) To add greenspaces to (a town, etc.).

Leaves and leaf-like parts of edible plants when eaten as vegetables or in salads. / Green vegetables; edible plants or plant parts that contain chlorophyll. / Leafy plants that are used for decoration.

plural of green