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greens¹
- /ɡɹiːnz/
Rhymes with -iːnz
Where it comes from
From Middle English grenes, equivalent to green + -s. Compare Saterland Frisian Gräinieten (“vegetable”), West Frisian grienten (“vegetables, greens”), Dutch groenten (“vegetables, greens”), German Low German Gröönten (“vegetables, greens”), Danish grøntsager (“vegetables”), Swedish grönsaker (“vegetables”).
noun
- Leaves and leaf-like parts of edible plants when eaten as vegetables or in salads. salad greens
- Green vegetables; edible plants or plant parts that contain chlorophyll. starches, meats, and greens
- Leafy plants that are used for decoration. Yuletide greens
- The green dress uniform of the United States Marine Corps. Some years ago, moths ruined my greens, and my son, a career Army man, sensed my loss.
noun
- plural of green
greens²
- /ɡɹiːnz/
Rhymes with -iːnz
Where it comes from
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
verb
- third-person singular simple present indicative of green
Greens³
Where it comes from
In reference to the ancient Roman and medieval Byzantine racing faction, a calque of Latin prasinī (“Leek-Greens”) or factio prasina (“the leek-green faction”) and Medieval Greek Πράσινοι (Prásinoi, “Leek-Greens”).
noun
- plural of Green
proper noun
- plural of Green
- The Australian Greens, a left-wing, progressive green party in Australia
- Synonym of Green Party in various other contexts.
- Any of several sports teams whose uniform is predominantly green, particularly
- The chariot-racing faction of the Roman circus and Constantinopolitan hippodrome that wore green. 'Constantinople adopted the follies, though not the virtues of ancient Rome,' wrote Edward Gibbon, 'and the same factions which had agitated the circus raged with redoubled fury in the Hippodrome.' Gibbon's judgment was that what produced the 'redoubled fury' in the Hippodrome was senseless hooligan
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: leafy vegetable, collard, spinach, vegetable, salad, nordic, greenpeace, gue, alde, groen, verde, verdi, ecologists, environmentalists, greenies, groene
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Talk about this word "greens." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/greens. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. greens. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/greens "greens." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/greens.Cite this
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