The state or quality of being green; green colour. / (now rare) Vitality, freshness. / Inexperience.

plural of greenness

(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

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of green