greens
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: government
military
politics
war
Etymology: 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”).
Base: green
Affixes: -s
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Leaves and leaf-like parts of edible plants when eaten as vegetables or in salads.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
examples: salad greens
collard greens
If you're a beginning gardener and have never grown a vegetable in your life before, try greens. You'll find no easier group of vegetables to grow than greens.
Collard Greens are my favorite greens!
Throughout the winter and spring, a variety of little greens shoot up that are the staples of a harvested salad.
So, here's the deal: greens should be an essential part of every meal. And by greens I mean leafy greens, leaves on plants (such as tomato leaves), and herbs.
Another option is to wash spinach and other leafy greens thoroughly in running water before eating them.
gloss: Green vegetables; edible plants or plant parts that contain chlorophyll.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
examples: starches, meats, and greens
Greens are the most basic and prevalent life form on the planet. In the waters, the greens 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, the greens can be represented in many green plants and tree foliage with access to sunlight and water. They all contain the pigment chlorophyll for photosynthesis.
Seaweed is delicious, and now that you've fallen in love with these ocean greens, you likely can't wait to polish off multiple bowlfuls each day.
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 that greens don't taste good.
We know we should eat more greens, but we so easily get stuck in a rut and just steam some broccoli or green beans, time and time again
gloss: Leafy plants that are used for decoration.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
examples: Yuletide greens
Tip greens - the new growth at the ends of branches - are often harvested either for the wholesale or retail market, or for one's own processing.
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 floral greens havesting season for that year.
"We're going for Christmas greens 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.
gloss: The green dress uniform of the United States Marine Corps.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
examples: Some years ago, moths ruined my greens, and my son, a career Army man, sensed my loss.
Derived words: beet greens
Botany Bay greens
collard greens
dandelion greens
leafy greens
mess of greens
mustard greens
salad greens
spring greens
turnip greens
Utica greens
warrigal greens
Translations:
lang: Armenian
word: բանջար
roman: banǰar
lang: Chichewa
word: masamba
lang: Dutch
word: groenten
lang: Galician
word: verdura
lang: Greek
word: λαχανικά
roman: lachaniká
lang: Latin
word: holus
lang: Macedonian
word: зарзават
roman: zarzavat
lang: Russian
word: о́вощи
roman: óvošči
lang: Tamil
word: கீரை
roman: kīrai
lang: Turkish
word: yeşillik