green (adj.)

  1. concerned with or supporting or in conformity with the political principles of the Green Party

  2. not fully developed or mature; not ripe; unripe fruit; fried green tomatoes; green wood

    [ Syn: unripe , unripened , immature ]

    green (n.)

  1. green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass

    [ Syn: 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 ]

  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

    [ Syn: green ]

  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: putting green , putting surface ]

  7. any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables

    [ Syn: greens , leafy vegetable ]

  8. street names for ketamine

    [ Syn: k , jet , super acid , special k , honey oil , cat valium , super c ]

    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: greenish , light-green , dark-green ]

  2. looking pale and unhealthy; you're looking green; green around the gills'

  3. naive and easily deceived or tricked; at that early age she had been gullible and in love

    [ Syn: fleeceable , gullible ]

    green (v.)

  1. turn or become green; The trees are greening'

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