the edible leaves and stems of certain plants, eaten as a vegetable
You must eat your greens.
2.
freshly cut branches of ornamental trees, shrubs, etc, used as a decoration
3. vulgar, slang
sexual intercourse
Examples of 'greens' in a sentence
greens
Strain and serve poured over the lamb with mashed potatoes and steamed greens.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
All related terms of 'greens'
green
Green is the colour of grass or leaves.
greens fee
a fee paid to play golf on a golf course
spring greens
Young cabbages are sometimes referred to as spring greens .
pea green
a yellowish-green colour
sea green
Something that is sea-green is a bluish-green colour like the colour of the sea.
back green
grass or a garden at the back of a house, esp a tenement
bice green
a medium blue colour; azurite
deep green
a person, esp a politician , who is in favour of taking extreme measures to tackle environmentalist issues
jade green
a colour varying from yellowish-green to bluish-green
lime green
Something that is lime green is light yellowish-green in colour.
long green
money
moss green
of a mid- to dark-green colour, resembling the colour of moss
Nile green
a pale bluish-green colour
sage green
a greyish green colour similar to that of sage leaves
almond green
a yellowish-green colour
apple green
a bright light green or moderate yellowish-green
baggy green
the Australian Test cricket cap
bottle green
Something that is bottle-green is dark green in colour.
chrome green
any green pigment made by mixing lead chromate with Prussian blue
crown green
a type of bowling green in which the sides are lower than the middle
forest green
See Lincoln green
grass green
a green colour like grass
green light
a signal to go , esp a green traffic light
hunter green
a dark, slightly yellowish, green
kelly green
a shade of bright yellow-green
Kendal green
a green woollen cloth , formerly worn by foresters
olive green
a colour that is greener , stronger, and brighter than olive ; deep yellowish-green
Paris green
an emerald-green poisonous insoluble substance used as a pigment and insecticide . It is a double salt of copper arsenite and copper acetate . Formula: 3Cu( AsO 2 ) 2 .Cu(C 2 H 3 O 2 ) 2
racing green
a dark olive green
rifle green
a dark olive green, as in the uniforms of certain rifle regiments
salad green
a leafy green vegetable, as lettuce , watercress , or escarole, served raw as or in a salad
bowling green
A bowling green is an area of very smooth , short grass on which the game of bowls or lawn bowling is played.
collard
a variety of the cabbage , Brassica oleracea acephala, having a crown of edible leaves
emerald green
a clear, deep-green color
Lincoln green
a yellowish-green or brownish-green colour
pistachio green
a light or medium shade of yellow green
putting green
A putting green is a very small golf course on which the grass is kept very short and on which there are no obstacles .
village green
an area in a village , usually in the centre, consisting of a plot of grassy land
jack-in-the-green
(in England, formerly) a man who wore or supported a leaf-covered wooden framework while dancing in May-Day celebrations
bice
a medium blue colour; azurite
bice blue
a medium blue colour; azurite
loden
a thick heavy waterproof woollen cloth with a short pile , used to make garments , esp coats
almond
Almonds are pale oval nuts. They are often used in cooking .