greenish | meaning of greenish in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English | LDOCE

Word family (noun) green greenery greens the greening (adjective) green greenish (verb) green

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Coloursgreenishgreen‧ish /ˈɡriːnɪʃ/ adjective    CCslightly greenExamples from the Corpusgreenish• Now greenish bile is in your mouth, and running into the sink.• A dozen or so greenish boulders lurked with angular menace below.• They were large and greenish brown.• In the greenish cast of the thallium iodide driving light, Pat lands us gently on pillow basalts.• Her greenish eyes were wide open, staring sightless at the ceiling.• The gas-jet projecting from the wall above the fireplace filled the room with a greenish glow.• They are greenish gray to yellowish with many large round dark spots.• a greenish tinge• Even when ripe, these huge fruits have a greenish yellow skin and flesh, so don't be put off.