# greens

Pronunciation: say "GREENZ" /ɡɹiːnz/

## Noun

1. The edible leaves and leafy parts of plants such as spinach, kale, or lettuce, prepared as a vegetable or for salad.
   - Simple: Leafy parts of plants that people eat, often raw in a salad or cooked.
   - _She tossed the greens with a little olive oil and a squeeze of lemon._
   - _A bowl of crisp greens went perfectly with the grilled fish._
2. Vegetables consisting of edible plants or plant parts that contain chlorophyll.
   - Simple: Vegetables and other plants or plant parts you can eat that are green in color.
   - _The doctor recommended more greens in his daily diet._
   - _Broccoli, kale, and other greens are packed with nutrients._
3. Plural of green. — plural of green
   - Simple: Plural of green. Use this form when talking about more than one green.
   - _The decorator chose two soft greens for the nursery walls._
   - _Heavy rain left the greens soggy before the tournament._
4. Leafy plants and cut foliage used for decoration, especially around the holidays.
   - Simple: Leafy plants and branches used to decorate a room or place.
   - _She wove fresh greens into a wreath for the front door._
   - _Workers draped greens along the staircase before the wedding._
5. The green dress uniform of the United States Marine Corps.
   - Simple: The green dress uniform worn by United States Marines.
   - _She wore her greens to the formal evening reception._
   - _Recruits are taught to keep their greens immaculate._

## Verb

6. Third-person singular simple present of green. — third-person singular simple present indicative of green
   - Simple: Third-person singular form of green. Use it with he, she, or it.
   - _Rain greens the desert after a long dry season._
   - _The company greens its operations by switching to solar power._

## Origin

**Meanings 1–5** — From Middle English grenes, equivalent to green + -s, related to words like West Frisian grienten and Dutch groenten ("vegetables").
**Meaning 6** — From green (verb).

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/greens (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).