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English

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anubi lettuce, one of the many saladgreens

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishgrenes, equivalent togreen +‎-s. CompareSaterland FrisianGräinieten(vegetable),West Frisiangrienten(vegetables, greens),Dutchgroenten(vegetables, greens),German Low GermanGröönten(vegetables, greens),Danishgrøntsager(vegetables),Swedishgrönsaker(vegetables).

Noun

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greens pl (plural only)

  1. Leaves and leaf-like parts ofedibleplants when eaten asvegetables or insalads.
    saladgreens
    collardgreens
    • 2009, Charlie Nardozzi,Vegetable Gardening For Dummies,→ISBN, page137:
      If you're a beginning gardener and have never grown a vegetable in your life before, trygreens. You'll find no easier group of vegetables to grow thangreens.
    • 2011, Lorraine Grant,Everyday Comfort Foods with Family and Friends, page52:
      Collard Greens are my favoritegreens!
    • 2017, Mia Wasilevich,Ugly Little Greens: Gourmet Dishes Crafted From Foraged Ingredients,→ISBN:
      Throughout the winter and spring, a variety of littlegreens shoot up that are the staples of a harvested salad.
    • 2017, Jenn Louis, Kathleen Squires,The Book of Greens: A Cook's Compendium,→ISBN, page 2:
      So, here's the deal:greens should be an essential part of every meal. And bygreens I mean leafy greens, leaves on plants (such as tomato leaves), and herbs.
    • 2021 July 1, Gregory McNamee, “Does spinach make you strong? Ask Popeye – and science”, inCNN[1]:
      Another option is to wash spinach and other leafygreens thoroughly in running water before eating them.
  2. Green vegetables;edible plants or plant parts that containchlorophyll.
    starches, meats, andgreens
    • 2006, Ron Carter,Just Soul Food II-Greens/Holy Spirit's Love-Christ's Cross,→ISBN, page102:
      Greens are the most basic and prevalent life form on the planet. In the waters, thegreens 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, thegreens can be represented in many green plants and tree foliage with access to sunlight and water. They all contain the pigment chlorophyll for photosynthesis.
    • 2016, Lisette Kreischer, Marcel Schuttelaar,Ocean Greens: Explore the World of Edible Seaweed and Sea Vegetables.,→ISBN:
      Seaweed is delicious, and now that you've fallen in love with these oceangreens, you likely can't wait to polish off multiple bowlfuls each day.
    • 2017, Dawn Russell,The 8Greens Cookbook: The Simple Way to Get Your Greens,→ISBN:
      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 thatgreens don't taste good.
    • 2017, Zita Steyn,Eat More Greens: The Most Inventive Recipes to Help You Eat More Greens,→ISBN:
      We know we should eat moregreens, but we so easily get stuck in a rut and just steam some broccoli or green beans, time and time again
  3. Leafy plants that are used fordecoration.
    Coordinate terms:garland,wreath
    Yuletidegreens
    • 1989, Lewis Hill,Christmas Trees: Growing and Selling Trees, Wreaths, and Greens,→ISBN:
      Tipgreens - the new growth at the ends of branches - are often harvested either for the wholesale or retail market, or for one's own processing.
    • 2003, Kathryn A. Lynch, Rebecca J. McLain,Access, Labor, and Wild Floral Greens Management in Western Washington's Forests,→ISBN, page10:
      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 floralgreens havesting season for that year.
    • 2007, Alice Hale Burnett,Christmas Holidays at Merryvale: The Merryvale Boys,→ISBN:
      "We're going for Christmasgreens 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.
  4. (military) The green dressuniform of theUnited States Marine Corps.
    Coordinate terms:blues,camo,fatigues,khaki
    • 1991,The Leatherneck, volume74:
      Some years ago, moths ruined mygreens, and my son, a career Army man, sensed my loss.
Derived terms
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Translations
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leaves of certain edible green plants
any vegetable eaten by humans, regardless of colour

Noun

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greens

  1. plural ofgreen

Etymology 2

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Fromgreen(verb).

Verb

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greens

  1. third-personsingularsimplepresentindicative ofgreen

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Danish

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Noun

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greens c

  1. indefiniteplural ofgreen

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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greens

  1. plural ofgreen

Spanish

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Noun

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greens pl

  1. plural ofgreen

Swedish

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Noun

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greens

  1. indefinitegenitivesingular ofgreen
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